Like a dog chasing its tail...

I have been super busy the past couple of weeks. My post title describes the way I have been feeling. Its been so strange though because at no point have I became angry or anything, I've just felt wound up and frustrated at everything!! I'm normally a very patient person but even that was waning at school last week. Granted the kids were just a bit off the wall for some reason but still.

However, I have spent a day being busy, made time for lunch and accomplished quite a lot. Dare I say that I'm catching that tail? It seems like things could be about to slow down to a slightly more human pace (hopefully!).

Today is also the 1st day of Project: Do Me. I blogged about that the other day. So I am hoping that by achieving my little goals I can become happier and less stressed! Fingers crossed!

If you haven't took part in Project: Do Me, don't worry, you can still join in! Look at my link above for ideas and also head on over to Travel Babbles who is hosting the project!

Here is her fab button for the project too which will brighten up your blog and link others:

Updates...

In the middle of updating planning file etc today I have been playing with my blog a little :-)

There is of course a new post all about the unfathomable species which is men. Also, you will notice that I've had a bit of a re-vamp with the design. I think I'm gonna leave it this way for a bit and see how I feel about the new background but it is subject to change (I'm terrible at making a decision and sticking to it).

Also, I have spent some time working on a button for my blog today- I have to say I impressed myself at managing to get one all done!! This was with a little help from Oikology tutorial. Thank you!!

Anyway, feel free to display my button, I will keep checking sites I love and if you have buttons I'm sure I an find a space for you here :-)

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Hope you all had a fun weekend!

Peacocking

I was out for Miss Faux Fur's sisters birthday last night and it was pretty much a non starter....

We went for food which took agggeeesssss!!!! Then went on to a bar where the 'peacocking' began.

Peacocking: defined as - Men acting in a way to gain the attention of females.

'How you doin..?'

I am sure you will all be aware of this and have either seen it in action or worse, been on the receiving end.

Bar 1:

I encountered an Italian man who did not understand the concept of no. He was trying to buy me a shot which I politely declined, then he asked again, again, again and well ..you get where this is going to. After declining it many times, he then proceeded to buy them for him, his mates and me and Miss Faux Fur. Again, I had to repeat no many many times. Was he stupid?! N.O! As we were leaving he then grabbed my hand as said, "You're gorgeous! Do you have a boyfriend? Can I have your number? I want to text you and ask you out?"

ARGGHHH!!! "Yes I have a boyfriend and no you can't have my number." As you know fine well I am single but it seemed the easiest way out.

Peacocking- Spending money, compliments and domination. No thank you! I can buy my own drinks, decide what I want to drink and I don't want someone who doesn't comprehend the word no.

Bar 2:

This was just filled me men who thought leering at you while dancing towards you was going to get them laid. 

Peacocking- dancing and 'appreciative' stares. Note to THAT type of man...learn to dance and don't look like you are going to pass out. Not attractive.

Club:

Well, this was the ultimate peacocking location. For once this club seemed to be full of men. It seemed like it was a 10:1 ratio of men to woman!Due to this, the whole element of competition meant the men had to up their game if they wanted us woman to notice them. In fact, it did make us notice them but we noticed how much of an idiot they were!! Why men think it's acceptable to grab and paw women, grind against them and quite frankly pester them is beyond me. There is nothing worse. As Miss Faux Fur said, "It was like everywhere we moved around in our circle there was some man trying to grind up against us." This unfortunately was true. I was also stopped by some man who just came out with, " You're lovely. I love you. Want to dance?" I wish I was joking but I 'm not.

Peacocking- Grinding, bumping, grabbing, feeling and shouting. Never ever grab me, grind against me or shout at me. I DON'T LIKE IT!! 

All in all we came home feeling quite worn out after all the avoidance strategies put into place. I just don't know what was us last night but I felt like I was in an episode of Jersey Shore and expected it to all kick off at some point. 

I like men to be assertive but in the way that they actually greet you with 'Hi' and just chat..call me old fashioned but I find that much nicer than being felt up.There's a difference between being confident and being an utter twat and it is quite a large line so surely it's not hard for men to not cross!

Plea to men out there: If you want to speak to me, do just that...speak. I don't need you to buy me drinks as I have my own money, I don't need you to feel me up or try and be clever. I just need you to be yourself. You might be surprised at how well I react! Put away those feathers and you will stand out more than any other guy in the place. 

Image from stockxchng 

When I grow up..

Today I was working with one of the groups in my class and a disagreement broke out. I went over to see what was the matter and was confronted with two very angry boys and one, who looked rather worried and upset, said:

“Miss.... D said that Superboys aren’t real but I reall am going to be one when I grow up!!”

With great power comes great responsibilty....

The other child then proceeded to complain that he couldn’t because superheroes aren’t real. Talk about getting your dreams crushed!! Poor kid! It took me back to when I was younger when all I ever wanted to be was an ice skater. I don’t know why because it’s not like I skated a lot. I then remember a phase when I wanted to be a tennis player but realised that, at 5’3”, I was far too short and since I could barely see over the net that it wasn’t going to happen. The same for air stewardess and model. Seriously...height is a pain when choosing a career haha!! 

Then Miss Twin chatted about being a teacher and I thought, “Hmmm, why don’t I do that too?” So I did and I absolutely love it. It’s such a special job educating children and supporting them to understand the world. In their eyes it’s all black or white and there are no grey areas. Take the ‘super hero’ talk. Yes there are no Spiderman, Superman etc but there are firemen, policemen, soldiers etc who all risk their lives and are heroes for putting their life at risk. 

That naivity is so cute and now I wouldn’t want to change my job for the world. I feel very fortunate to be able to make some people’s lives that little bit brighter. Oh and Miss Twin... she went into property haha!!

What did you want to be when you were growing up? Are you that now?

*photo from stock.xchg

Project: Do Me

This post is the brain child of KY at Travel Babbles. Basically she is going with the affirmation of ""happy girls are the prettiest girls". This is also a great belief of the fabulous Miss Audrey Hepburn who is an idol of mine (she was also my inspiration and led to me winning 1st prize at a film star fancy dress party!). Therefore the idea is that we, as woman, think about what will truly make us happy,smile and essentially beautiful. I have to post some attainable targets (I feel like I'm at work and should be laminating some target cards haha)!

So here we go:

Daily - I will spend 5 minutes sitting in silence and thinking about my day.

Weekly- I will paint my nails every week because pretty nails make me smile whenever I catch a glimse and remember they are looking pretty !

-I will stop work before 9pm on at least one occasion during the Mon-Fri wekday. 
- I will have a face mask night (probably tie in with my nails night!).

Monthly - Have a night out with all my girlfriends.

Yearly - Continue tradion of ice-skating, sale shopping and food on Christmas Eve with friends.

- Holiday with Miss GG at some point in the year :-)
- Get back to dancing, Yoga and another sport (possibly kick boxing) after getting my knee fixed!
* This is a want as Im not sure there are resources to do this but: Learn to ice skate!*

As KY states, these can be interchangable as the year goes on. I know there are some things which I am persuing which could change my life this year and of course there are all the things to come which I don't even know about :-)

If you want to do thins, you can post this pretty side bar picture to join us!

Thanks for this KY!

*Edited after some thoughts*