It's the start of the winter school holidays here in Queensland, and I am seriously looking forward to three weeks of not waking up to an alarm clock, minimal extra curricular activities, and just generally living at a slower pace. We also have some good friends coming to visit us, both the van Beek and Das Neves families are coming up from Melbourne to stay with us for a few days. I can't wait to catch up with our old friends and share a bit of our new lives with them. As you can probably tell from my lack of blogging, it has been a very full term. Work has been very busy for me and the days seem to fly by. Outside of a 20 minute lunch break (on a good day) the hours blur into a mix of emails, student meetings, and occasional teaching. I'm currently only teaching two hours per week, so calling myself a “teacher” these days feels a bit misleading! That said, I’ve learned a lot over the past five months, and I think once I’ve got a full year under my belt, I’ll really start ...