Nickoli

Specifically, Take Me To Mardi Gras, and really wanted to share how much I'm enjoying it.

In the over-a-month since I last updated, I have:

• Been to the USA, including
  
  • Dollywood, Dolly Parton's very own Theme Park
  
  
  • The Unclaimed Baggage Center in Alabama
  
  
  • Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies in Gatlinburg
  
  
• Failed my driving test


• Passed my driving test


• Rented a car, and been away for the weekend in it

I always used to think that If I could have any super power I wanted, it'd be invisibility ("Heroes" style, rather than "League of Extraordinary Gentleman" style, which would actually just be annoying), but today, I've changed my answer. I want this super power:

Lauren, on finding out about Michelle Obama hugging the Queen:
L: How come I didn't hear about this?
N: I don't know, it made headlines in all the papers.
L: What, "Who are these strange brown people coming and hugging the Queen?"
N: The papers may be racist, but they're not written by Prince Philip
L (collapsing in laughter): It'd be a million times better if they were.

I've taught the 5-8 year old group at sunday school for the last two weeks, something which has immensely increased my respect for primary school teachers. Keeping more than one child of that age focused for more than 20 seconds is practically impossible.