if you want to get technical about it
it’s not even three yet
not
even
three
finish work
cycle home via returning library books 
(renewed instead, cba)
buy large refuse sacks with tie handles
buy freezer bags
buy pizza (not sure I can fit this in my bag, uh oh)
cook pizza
pack all: CDs, books, clothes not needed for a while
call M&S bank and find out how to get the money out of it
decide on kitchen
shitting Christ
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where are you getting your packing boxes from nicola?
Been at school from 7.45 to 1.45. (The Austrian love of early timetables is brutal. In a couple of weeks I’m at a school where the first lesson is 7.20. This is cruel and unusual for teenagers). Did all my photocopying and paperwork for tomorrow/some of Thursday, and sorted out the stuff for the baking class tomorrow.
Been to the bigger supermarket in this small town, and bought a plethora of fake meats for sandwiches. I bought one that I thought was in slices, but turned out to be a giant slab of seitan.
Got to finish typing up/correcting/editing the script the kids wrote this morning. Later go out for food with the other teacher. There is not a great deal to do in rural Austria, especially in the winter.
luckily we kept them all from when we moved nearly 4 years ago
i suspect we’ll need more but… err, we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it
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I saw that seasonal bee inspector job. I spent a good 10 minutes wondering if I could bluff my way into it. I don’t even like bees that much.
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why does one need to inspect bees? who does the bee inspector report to? is there free honey?
Fuck that. I note that the current National Bee Inspector appears to only be in an acting role, so I’m aiming straight for the very top.
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Seasonal bee inspector reports to the regional bee inspector who reports to the (acting) national bee inspector. Talk about obvious.
You’ve got to keep an eye out for “bee pests” and bee diseases. I’m imagining wandering the land with a tiny stethoscope giving the wee guys a check up but it’s probably just another admin based nightmare. Everything seems to be an admin based nightmare.
… but yes free honey.
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Applying for a job I don’t even want because I might want it in like 5 years and the exam is really hard to pass first time. Only other urgent work I have is a dull bit of proofreading so I’m putting it off
I nearly applied for a job at a university spin-out that was looking into using cartridges of bees as replacements to sniffer dogs. The job advert was incredible. “We’re a small company, so your responsibilities will include everything from marketing to making the tea and, of course, training the bees!”
I swear I’m not making this up.
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Varroa mites mates, that’s what yer man the bee inspector’s all about. It’s a serious business.
Also nosema and foulbrood.
Probably the easiest identification in the bee inspector’s purview is colony collapse disorder, which is diagnosed by opening the hive and noting that there are no longer any bees in it.
Found them!
http://www.panchromos.com/stories/inscentinel/
Amazingly, they appear to have gone bust.