Thursday

Nearly the weekend and getting to grips with working again. I've been very tired in the evening and crashing out at about nine.

However, the school is turning out quite nice. I can get salad, bags of fruit and a meal for 60 baht - cheap and healthy and every day.

I attempt to be in full control mode at all times deflecting shit extra work targetted at me and keeping the kids under control. Most classes are fine, but some have boy monkeys who can't sit still.

Private classes are rolling in and a lady appeared at the gate this week wanting lessons. 500 baht a pop, which can't be bad.

Weekends are spent taking Grace somewhere where she can be active and explore. She has a whale of a time. This weekend we are up to Cabana beach again and will stay overnight. A chance for some tasty burgers and chips for me. Ice cream, sandcastle and swimming for Grace.

Oi is working though will probably pull out next month as the school director is a fuckwit and changes everything all the time. Oi will be far better off teaching privates or working in a learning centre or something. She also has to organise my teaching schedule.

Brief, stolen moments for games and TV. I started watching Veep, a comedy about an idiot vice president which is hilarious and I watched most of Tron Legacy last night. The music and graphics made the movie. Nice to see Jeff Bridges too.

Gamewise I have been playing Chivalry. Free on Steam for a while and a multiplayer 1st person with swords, arrows and axes. It's great fun. A bit like the old Wolfenstein but with swords. Friendly fire causes hilarious situations as friends get hacked to death in the epic fury to slay the enemy.

An expansion to Might and Magic Duel of Champions has been delayed causing epic ripples across cyberspace. I was excited to get it but some folks can't hold back their anger. A shame because, after all, it's free and some kind Germans put the thing together for us in the first place. Joe Public is hardly in a position to start flaming them.