I have just flown up North to teach my last year. As always, travel is risky. When I phoned to confirm my ticket, I was told it had not yet been paid…. I had e-mailed my itinerary weeks ago to a fellow no longer on the payroll (unknown to me…). I phoned, faxed and e-mailed everyone in the system to fix things and finally got the caretaker at home. One of the faxes had gotten through. Nope, an extra layer had been added to the paper-flow and my ticket was not paid until 25 minutes before the scheduled flight time. My freight is waiting at the airport to get on a plane. My lock had been changed to I am sitting here unable to lock my door… I shall survive, somehow.
On the other hand the August rains have produced mushrooms and I had a bowl of mushroom soup yesterday.
The router at the school is still working but the PCs are locked up. My lab was broken into over the summer. I have no idea if anything is missing yet. Everything is piled high at one end of the room. It looks like the wireless access point is down. Perhaps the cleaners just moved it.
And so another year of teaching in the North starts in total chaos in spite of all plans and efforts to make things smooth. Let us hope the students are thoroughly bored with months of total freedom and ready to work.
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