I'm in between posts, so I thought I’d have a go at another Sunday Meme. Only it’s Saturday – so forgive me.

Here goes:

1. How old will you be in five years?

I will be 37, hopefully still young but not free and single.

2. Who did you spend at least two hours with today?

Nick, unexpectedly came over.

3. How tall are you?

Around 5ft 4 inches – unless I wear stilettos in which case I grow to 6’ 8”.

4. What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks?

2 weeks off school for Easter.

5. What’s the last movie you saw?

Grand Tourino – I was a bit disappointed – I thought I’d be watching a film about racing cars.

6. Who was the last person you called?

One of my best friends Tanji, we are going to Glastonbury in June, and she promised she’d email a list of things to pack.

7. Who was the last person to call you?

Heather, to see if I wanted to go to The Red House today.

8. What was the last text message you received?

A text from Tanji to ask where me and Heather were.

9. Who was the last person to leave you a voicemail?

The HT at school to ask about lesson planning.

10. Do you prefer to call or text?

I am old fashioned and prefer to hear the sound of a voice. Call me strange but “textspeak” is not only lazy, it is totally incomprehensible. I mean, what on earth does “c u l8r xxx” mean>

11. What were you doing at 12am last night?

In bed trying out my new memory foam pillow.

12. Are your parents married/separated/divorced?

My parents were married but separated, right up until the time my father died in the Warrenpoint bombing in Ireland in 1979

13. When is the last time you saw your mum?

Errm, probably at Nicole’s funeral.

14. What color are your eyes?

A very un-sexy muddy brown colour.

15. What time did you wake up today?

I woke up at 07:45, which was bloody annoying considering I wanted a lie-in. Why is that at the weekend, when you don’t have to set the alarm clock for some ungodly hour, that your body clock decides to boot you awake at an ungodly hour? I mean come on – it is just not bloody fair is it? I’ll try again tomorrow.

16. What are you wearing right now?

A grey jumper and leggings.

17. What is your favorite song?

At the moment its “Rabbit Heart” Florence & the Machine.

18. Where is your favorite place to be?

Sitting in a cafe in Rome, watching the world go by.

19. Where is your least favorite place to be?

Sitting in my classroom, with 26 restless kids at 9am on a Monday morning.

20. Where would you go if you could go anywhere?

I would love to travel around India.

21. Where do you think you’ll be in 10 years?

I’d like to think I’d be traveling around India – but I’ll probably just be doing the same old job and I’ll just be 10 years older.

22. Do you tan or burn?

I absolutely fry. I become brightest lobster you have ever seen.

23. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?

I thought that a vampire would burst into my room, drain me of all my blood and leave lying there looking even more deathly white than I usually am.
I wouldn’t have minded had it been a sexy male vampire though.

24. What was the last thing that really made you laugh?

When we were discussing food at school and one of the kids said her mum made ‘Porned Beef’ Kinky cow!

25. How many TVs do you have in your house?

One – I’m poor – and it’s the size of a postage stamp.

26. How big is your bed?

A standard double – I’d love a king sized but the room is minute.


27. Do you have a laptop or desktop computer?

I have a clapped out laptop from school that I use for work and listen to music, and watch the odd DVD.

29. What color are your sheets?

They were crisp white till I washed them with a grey sock – so you could sort of say they were, murky white, which reminds me I need to get some bleach.

30. How many pillows do you sleep with?

I just bought a memory foam pillow in the hope that if I slept on it I might remember more. There are six pillows on the bed I sleep with only one.

31. What is your favorite season?

Summer, without a doubt – I get the a whole six weeks off work :-)

32. What do you like about Autumn?

Bonfires and treacle toffee.

33. What do you like about winter?

Nothing – I’d rather hibernate.

34. What do you like about the summer?

Bar-B-Q’s and chilling in the sun with a glass of chilled Rose.

35. What do you like about spring?

The fact that winter has ended and it will soon be summer.

36. How many states provinces have you lived in?

I’ve never lived in a state, I’ve only ever lived in Leeds, Cheshire and Greater Manchester.


37. What cities/towns have you lived in?

I was born in Hale (a rather posh village actually, I then moved to Leeds, moved to Manchester, moved to Wythenshawe (a small town near Manchester, but nowhere near the same league as 'Hale'). But, I’m going to live in Rome later this year.

38. Do you prefer shoes, socks, or bare feet?

Bare feet, Try wearing stilettos after ten vodka's!

39. Are you a social person?

I am very social once I can conquer the initial shyness.

40. What was the last thing you ate?

A Slimfast.

41. What is your favorite restaurant?

Alisander – but it’s very expensive, and I wasn't paying.

42. What is your favorite ice cream?

Every flavour available, especially if it’s got chocolate in too.

43. What is your favorite dessert?

I’m a real pudding person, so it would have to be Sticky Toffee Pudding J

44. What is your favorite kind of soup?

Tomato and Basil.

45. What kind of jelly do you like on your PB & J sandwich?

Jelly? On a sandwich? That’s bloody weird!!!!!! It must have been written by an American.

46. Do you like Chinese food?

I love Chinese food – Yes and Eat East does the best take out.

47. Do you like coffee?

Coffee – it keeps me alive. I mean without a mug of it every hour on the hour I’d be falling asleep at my desk!

48. How many glasses of water, a day, do you drink on average?

Is that the stuff from you get out of the tap? eerm I clean my teeth with it - does that count?

49. What do you drink in the morning?

Half a bottle of vodka.

No – just kidding – a huge mug of Nescafe.

50. What non-banking related card in your purse is the most valuable to you?

My Boots loyalty card. I spend a fortune there.

51. Do you sleep on a certain side of the bed?

Yes – in the middle.

52. Do you know how to play poker?

I know how to lose badly at poker – that’s why I never play it.

53. Do you like to cuddle?

Of course. I love to cuddle but, when drunk I will cuddle anybody and anything, particularly lamp posts.

54. Have you ever been to Canada?

No – but I’ve seen it on TV.

55. Do you have an addictive personality?

I would’nt say so.

56. Do you eat out or at home more often?

At home – I’m poor – I eat at the same time as watching Big Brother on my postage stamp sized TV.

57. What do you miss about school, if anything?

I miss absolutely nothing about school. It was ritual torture and humiliation and all teachers without exception are sadistic bullies who don’t like to be called names by anarchistic children - That’s why I decided to teach! a teacher!

58. Do you know anyone with the same birthday as you?

No.

59. Do you want kids?

I have 26 kids in my class – enough to put anybody off!

60. Do you speak any other languages?

No – I’m moving to italy soon and my Italian is cr@p

61. Have you ever gotten stitches?

Does a butterfly stitch count?

62. Have you ever ridden in an ambulance?

I’ve never ridden in an ambulance and have no desire to do so either.

63. Do you prefer an ocean or a pool?

An ocean – I love to splash about in the sea.

64. Do you prefer a window seat or an aisle seat?

I prefer a window seat – I put on my iPod and ignore the rest of the world until I reach my destination.

65. Do you know how to drive stick?

I presume you are not talking about a broomstick because the answer would be “no”.

In the UK we learn to drive with a gear stick and, since 95% of our cars have gear sticks, the answer is a resounding “yes”.

66. What is your favorite thing to spend money on?

Me – of course!