I know I know nothing
You tell me, how much cheese?
I’m no chef, I’m just eating
Transfer the knowledge, please!
A poem for this Existential Comic
Today I’m feeling:
A little tense as there is a lot of running around today. First to the city to walk Leo, then Mae Sai immigration where we have just home from. Right now I’m ready to scoff some lunch before dashing back to school for my afternoon classes.
Today I’m grateful for:
Officer Oh at Mae Sai immigration. This was my first visit there and all the staff seemed far more friendly than in Chiang Rai. It’s a bit of a long way to go each time but hopefully the experience will be better.
The best thing about today was:
Getting my visa application in and hopefully having that finalised within the next three weeks.
What was out of your control today and how did you handle it?
Being out of my class this morning was a little difficult as I tried to monitor everything from the work they were sending me in their messages.
About ten students didn’t submit anything and later in the day I deducted points in the system.
It was then found that I had gotten two students mixed up and needed to add their points back but then finding that I can only deduct points and not add them! I want to get that fixed because I want to reward students too.
Something I learned today?
More than 87% of Palestinian deaths caused by Israel in the last 51 days are civilian. The highest ratio of civilian to combatant deaths in any war ever and by a long way.
Review your acts, and then for vile deeds chide yourself, for good be glad. — Discourses 3.10
Last night I made the choice to get up early and go with Amy to walk Leo but when we arrived this morning we found that her dad had already taken him. Everyone has been telling him to take it easy and he only finished his second round of chemo yesterday but he is obviously frustrated at not being able to do all the things he wants to do. As the brief thought went through my mind of wasted time and wasted petrol, I pushed it aside and prepared for the next step of driving us to Mae Sai.
I messaged Manow hoping that she recovers from her cold soon.
I apologised to Pin and Gam as I accidentally deducted points from them in the SchoolBright system. They were both gracious in return.
As a few of my final class wanted to go off early to sports practice I made a deal with them to help them get through the work quicker.
After going to Immigration in Mae Sai Amy wanted to go to the markets. I didn’t really want to buy anything myself but happily went along with her as it felt like we had enough time. We bought some roasted chestnuts and noodles for her mum and dad and I was tasked with delivering them before getting back to school. It was a bit of a rush but I got it done.
What emotions do I feel most often?
I’ve become much more emotionally stable over the last couple of years and the emotion I notice more often these days is joy. There are times when I just have a feeling of inner peace and happiness.
Other emotions such as stress, tension and anxiety seem to occur often enough but register less. Depression is almost gone completely.
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