I'm excited... FORE!

Sunday...

I woke up Sunday morning and finished my book (Jane Austen Ruined My Life, by Beth Pattillo). I really enjoyed this novel because it helped me to realize a simple truth. Life is about exciting new beginnings and not happy endings. Today I picked up a follow up novel, another fluff piece that I think will be fun to read on the beach. The new book is called Summer School by Domenica de Rosa. This book is about a woman who runs a summer writing seminar at her estate in Tuscany. So far it's quite good.

After finishing off my book on Sunday morning I decided to go out for lunch. I walked up the hill to Gibb's Lighthouse. Next to the lighthouse is a little restaurant called "The Dinning Room." This is owned by a very successful restaurant group here in Bermuda. They only serve breakfast and lunch. I walked in and asked for a table of one. The place was very quaint, dark colours, with white linens and views of the ocean from all sides. The waiters were speaking in Italian, and the place was very busy. I ordered my chicken sandwich, which was phenomenal because it had pesto sauce, with bacon and tomato severed on grilled focaccia bread (mmm...). After I placed my order I saw a friendly face enter the restaurant. Alannah (the music teacher at school) and her boyfriend Michael came into the place. They sat at the table next to mine and joined five others for their monthly brunch. They asked me to join, so I did.

There were two couples, Yans(Australia) and Rita(England), Janina(Vancouver) and Steve(Ottawa) and Steve's nephew from Calgary. They were all very nice people, and all the guys play in Mike's band. They kept bringing up songs during lunch that they were reminded of in conversation that they thought would be interesting to add to their setlist. The conversation went on for about three hours. I really enjoyed the social interaction and the food. I will go back there for sure.

Later that evening I ventured into town on my noble steed (the bus), and I went to a local pub to catch the game. I love the fact that the only decent sports bar in town is in the back of an Irish pub. Outback is the name of the bar at the back of Flanegans. When I got there it was swamped with Canadian hockey jerseys. I found the one person in the bar that I knew, Jen who had invited me out. She was very surprised to see me, so I bought some beer and I sat down. She was sitting at a packed table of people. The place was so packed that we had to share a chair... aka one cheek on the seat for each of us. Jen only knew the other Newfy in the group and the others were made up of a couples softball team. The girl next to me ended up being from Belleville. She went to school in Ottawa and has been here for the past four years. She loves it here with her American husband. The hostility surrounding this game at the bar was awesome. :P Anyways so you know how the game ended. I jumped back on the bus and came home.

Yesterday was a quick day at work. I had a few parents drop in to my class to ask questions about my math club. I had one parent-teacher meeting and it was an interesting event. She is well aware of where her son is with regards to being "lazy." So she tries to do all his planning/organizing for him. She was making excuses for him like, he is a November baby... and so he is behind all the others because he is young.

Anyways, my lunch again was out of this world. I went with a group for Indian food at House of Indian. They serve a lunch buffet and the butter chicken and naan bread combination was outstanding. I was so full I had to take a nap when I got home from work. As you can imagine I skipped dinner that night as well.

Today we had a Professional Activity where we learned how to teach inquiry-based curriculum. This was a refresher course for me so I felt confident offering my opinion and ideas. I am so excited to golf on Thursday. Dustin the Physical Education teacher is a member at Belmont Hills (a higher end private course on the island) and he got Jackie and I in to play. I am going to borrow clubs so who knows what my performance will be like, but either way I'm Super Excited.