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calling for garam masala!!!

i ordered it in my foodmail because i forgot to pack any. i need it for good curry, which i have been craving so much! and it didn't come. :(

in other news, it's a full moon. that means craziness in the classroom and around town. but it also means that the tides are the most extreme that they will be during the month - prime time for clam picking. i tried last year - you might recall that i ate a raw one down at the beach. i wasn't about to redo that one, not after all the raw sewage that's been dumped in the fjord this year. however, i did discover that i'm not bad at finding and picking clams - i probably got 20. not bad for a qallunaaq.

it's been a hard week for teaching. every time we reconvene, we tighten discipline and raise our expectations. it's hard for the students to meet those expectations for the first few weeks. the first week they are excited and they try hard. the second week is full of complaints, reminders and reprimands. it isn't a fun time for anyone. today was better than the first three days of the week, though, and i am grateful for that. perhaps we are over the hump and things will improve from here on.