The weather is certainly colder now we're in December. I've ordered a bunch of extra bedding (with Chika's help) from a mail order catalogue that has everything I could ever need. It should arrive in a week or so. The mornings are a little frosty and I'm glad I have a warm jacket and gloves when I drive my scooter to school in the mornings. I think I'll buy a balaclava too because my chin gets a little cold even though I have a full face helmet. Many of the schools use these strange kerosene heaters. They're realy popular here. I don't understand it because i don't like the smell. At home, I use my air conditioning as a heater though apparently that is a little expensive so I want to buy a heater soon too. My turtle (kame-chan) is happy because he has a nice underwater heater to keep him warm all the time. Harry the hamster appears immune to the cold and is as genki as ever.
I've set up a database to store and present my monthly lesson schedules that works like a charm. Because I teach every grade (1->6) at 6 different elementary schools rotating each day, the schedule of which lesson to teach, to what grade, and when, can become quite complex. Fortunately, I have managed to create a system that stores and calculates the next lesson for each grade and consequently, the schedule - automatically! it even produces a nice monthly schedule report ... yay! at first it was a real nightmare trying to figure it out the complex schedule but now I understand the system the job is much easier. It's great having skills with Access, you can do so much with it. I think my teachers at Massey university would be proud if they saw my new database system :-)
ciao for now.