Robert Pogson

I am well past my prime physically. Despite a lot of help bringing in my freight (23 parcels by car, air, and truck) I am exhausted from all the fetching, carrying and unboxing. On top of that, I strained my wrist picking up a 20kg/44lb package and I have done a few house-calls for PCs and picked mushrooms. There’s such a thing as too much exercise and I am close to the limit. I need to rest a few days before classes start next week.

Such is life as a teacher in the North. Some us do not live here and commute for summer and bring in lots of freight. It’s one of the costs of the fresh air, clean water and mushrooms. If you go to teach in the North, pack your own boxes so you can carry them a bit. My wife used to put 60 lb in the largest boxes she could find. Now I try to keep most to 30 lb or less. One box did go missing. Actually, it’s a sack of rolled oats… Good for my cholesterol I am told. Perhaps it will be found. Perhaps not. It’s great to be eating a good diet from a more diverse and cheaper source than the Northern Store.