The ramblings: Initial Posting

The ramblings: Initial Posting:
I thought that I should start to have a blog if I am going to make my students use one.  The only way to know how to use it effectivelyuse it is to practise myself.
There is a lot to talk about at the moment I am in the throes of the after shocks from the earthquake which is truly weird and makes life hard to concentrate. I should be counting my blessings because we only lost stuff and nothing structural happened to my house or my job.  There are so many others more severely affected.  However those of us who don't have anything tangible to show for the disaster certainly suffer from the jitters, lack of concentration and lack of sleep.  Most people are focussing on that no one died and most of us are ok if the after shocks would ease up which they are doing ever so slowly. I was also fortunate in that I had the Autism NZ conference in Wellington from Friday to Sunday.  It was very strange to be heading to Wellington to get respite from the after shocks.  After all Wellington has always been where the next big one is going to occur.  I had phantom earthquakes there that no one else felt for the first 24 hours but after that I got 2 good nights sleep and that helped settle me down as well.  I wasn't all that happy about leaving my husband on his own but my girlfriends all looked out for him while I was away.