When sanding and oiling your #kobudo weapons, it’s important to have your teens in the room with you and ensure you make eye contact with them to make it *really* awkward.

Big day today with my Y11 Maths and Y13 Stats students both sitting exams. Only had to lend one calculator so that’s a good sign that they are at least slightly prepared.

Nothing much, just cool photo that my hubby took of me looking fierce at a #karate #kobudo demo on the weekend. #HuttJapanDay

[Medieval monastery] Abbot: Did you draw in the margins of this bible? Me: Yeah, it's called illumination. Very fancy. Abbot: *opens book* Is this a tree growing dicks instead of fruit? Me: lol yeah

Gorgeous day here in #welly! Enjoying the late afternoon sun and watching #NZLvJAM from a comfy spot on the couch.

I mean this is spam, right @support.bsky.team ? My rambling thoughts are not likely to threaten anyone’s security 🤷🏻‍♀️

It’s our 21st anniversary this weekend. As luck would have it, I won a work raffle - a night at a colleague’s AirBnB; a cute little cabin in Kaitoke. The teens are at home and getting UberEats tonight while hubby and I enjoy each other’s company in peace and quiet. 🥰 #wellington #spring

Not a nice way to end the day. No damage except to my nerves. Ugh.

I mean, 6-7 is HILARIOUS 🤨 But after a lot of wasted time returning everything to its rightful place I’m honestly a little pissed. Have now banned my form class from their room at break until I get names and apologies. Grr.

All Saint’s Palmerston North, NZ. Built in 1913 but closed since 2013 due to concerns about earthquake resistance. As a result, today’s celebration of 150 years of Anglicans at this site was held OFF-site at the local Town Hall. A great day for it but a real shame we can’t use this gorgeous building

Brutalist building in Palmerston North, NZ in the setting sun. Visiting my sister and having a lovely kid-free weekend.

Not really a Halloween person but I love a costume and when the school dresses up for the day, I go the full Pat Butcher! #Ghosts #BBCGhosts

Too sweaty to tuck the gi top into my riding pants so rode home from #karate like this. Which was fine until I hit the motorway and my belt started slapping my leg like a persistent toddler.

Today we had a special morning tea provided by the school board and some of us with over 20 years at UHC got a wee bit of recognition. I know in a more prestigious job I might get a gold watch or some such, but in a school this is pretty darn generous! #teacherlife

I love my job, particularly on nights like this. It’s Senior Prizegiving and the Kapa Haka group have come forward to congratulate the Cultural Award winners with a rousing haka. Love how the Head Boy and two of the other recipients join in and tautoko back. #teaching #haka #aotearoa #remutaka

First proper ride of the season - about bloody time!

This speaks to me in a way I can’t describe in words. So I won’t.

Didn’t go to the protest in #welly today because the union called it off for the rather large storm. Oh well. Stayed in my pjs all day and watched six episodes of #BBCGhosts instead. Win!

🧵Spotted During a Massive Power Outage in Aotearoa New Zealand: A couple (20s?) taking a leisurely river walk. Passing a brand-new tiny human between them, enjoying the sunshine. They might be slow moving and a bit sleepy, but they're enjoying the moment. Birdsong in the trees overhead. (1)

I’m #striking tomorrow with all #PPTA (secondary) #teachers. We deserve better pay and conditions, particularly as we implement curriculum changes in Years 9-11 with minimal support. Young people are facing many more challenges both socially and academically than ever before. We are worth more!

Hubby’s at the model show all weekend. He got me in at the door for free; “I’m with the band” or something 😂 Lots of cool Star Wars stuff and I saw some Hurricanes and Spitfires performing feats of derring-do as well. 🧑‍✈️

Update to my #tessellations post - in #MathsToday I finished the seahorses and made another one. I made an army of Vikings - literally!

Hubby’s displaying a bunch of his planes this weekend at a model competition. Here’s the latest finished one. It’s time-intensive and takes up an entire room of our house but I’m glad he enjoys his hobby. He’s bloody good at it too.

In #MathsToday we made tessellations using “chop and swap” x2 with post-it notes. This is my one in progress but I’ll take photos again when we are all done. A lovely way to finish up the angle geometry topic.

I'm convinced that leave-in conditioner is just an expensive rort that you can avoid by simply leaving in your actual conditioner. Today my hair is super soft and the curls are popping with a distinct lack of the extra-crunchy-straw feeling I get with all the extra products. #lifehack #curlygirl

A little bit of Latin today in addition to the Lyngham (O for a thousand tongues). Singing here fills my bucket like nothing else!

In the meantime, chaos in my #choir group chat as we debate which of two tunes to sing tomorrow for a particular hymn. (I voted Lyngham over Richmond.)

Don’t get out much, but tonight hubs and I went to see #RobBeckett in #welly. Great night out despite sitting in the nosebleeds! Also, going on a deep dive when we get home to work out what the crest is on the proscenium arch. Looks like G, I and H and 1912. Anyone??

Four years ago my Sensei and I opened a new #karate #dojo in my neighbourhood. So proud of the family friendly club we have made and how it continues to grow!

Post-karate shower at 9pm. Fun fact: the new bathroom window has a different finish to the old one and is now FULLY REFLECTIVE when it’s dark out. Vowing to have morning showers only from now on to avoid unnecessary trauma.

Solved the #NYTMini in 29 seconds today; a new record for me!

They are still talking music out there. I really want to go get a drink but I don’t want to interrupt them so I’ll just keep watching #Taskmaster and go out later I suppose.

Daughter recently discovered Jeff Buckley on Spotify and just came downstairs to look through our CDs to see which albums of his we have. Hubs arrived home while she was looking and they have now spent the last 15 minutes having the most lovely bonding sesh while discussing music. So lovely.

Massive chili x2 on the go, one veg and one mince. Last meal then the cleanup begins! While the food was boiling down I sorted the utensils. Imposing order on chaos? Yes please.

Catering for 70 all set up and ready to go!

Home sweet home - in my #tent for the next two nights. Catering for 70 people at a “Weird West” #LARP event.

Just had a glorious 70 minute full-body massage. And now I’m thinking can I get a mattress with a face hole so I can sleep on my front? So comfy but so bad for my neck when I sleep that way at home.

Tonight! Ania Magliano borrows my phone, which Greg quite enjoys. New Taskmaster, 9pm on Channel 4!

Book 5 of my two week break and some cricket on in the background for company. #AUSvsNZL #books

Doing my bit. #plasma #donation

Ahh Neon, could you be any more #kiwi? 😂

#Karate tournament today. Good at: judging #kata and handing out certificates, sweating a lot, not getting injured. Not good at: making it past round 1 in kata again. Oh well, a good learning experience and I’ve got my steps in for the week!

OBAMA: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it.

About to read book four in my #SchoolHoliday #BookPile. At almost 1000 pages, she’s a biggie!

Once again it’s #HorribleHistories to the rescue - knew this one straight away! “Hey all you Helots, you Zealots, you Peloponnesians, you Lacedaemons! All of Leonidas’s army! Let’s get barmy!” And I learned *even more* looking up these words to spell them correctly 🤓 #nerd

#Shitsville again in #welly. Just in time for us to get our windows replaced. The tradies have been amazing working in this weather!

My mate warned me not to watch #taskmaster ep2 while eating but I forgot and now I know why!! Oops. Still, not going to waste it. It’s cheese after all.

Saw this on another platform but Oof, this hit me HARD.

Thinking about when I watched this scene in Mrs Maisel and was blown away by the gorgeous cinematography and how it was all in one shot. 😍