Day 15 - Tornado Warning - Everybody to stay in the house

Mood - Frustrated, by me inability to teach kids how to sail properly..

Events of the day

- Ross's Yulping
- Flat Tire
- Tornado Warning!!
- Issac's House
- Call back home.. Finally!

The day started out pretty tired.. I duno why.. not enuff sleep perhaps.. thigh muscles are tense.. from the cycling.. which is good.. meaning it is exercised!!! It took us 21 mins and 30 seconds to reach there.. man.. it was tuff..

I was kinda put on the spot to do a presentation on starts.. and she din even tell me wat kinda she want me to teach.... she just turn arnd infront of the class and went.. So.. you wanan do the starts? I'm like.. er. ok. i mean what can I say? duh..... I went up feeling like a fool.. and talked a buncha nonsense that i can't even recognise.. told them about line bias.. and threw the rest of the stuff back at her.. and she went on to talk for n hour.. man.. it was just torturous to hear.. and the kids haven't even rigged their boats yet! well.. i pulled my two kids aside.. and teach them different stuff.... got them out on the water.. and made them follow the leader.. and they did beautiful.. all until when we started tacking.. thats when they start to screw up.. man.. it was tuff.. Theo doesn't hold his mainsheet... Ross.. just never tack enuff... and because of him not sitting properly.. the tiller extension is always being caught on his back. gees.. its horrible!! and then he gve up.. and started crying.. sigh.. i laid the most basic diamond course to help them sail close haul... but they still can't do it.. THEN.. came the biggie.. i anchored my boat.. went into Ross's boat to show him how to do it.. and when he took over.. he was doing ok..w hen the bow plunged and he yulped at the water coming into the boat. man.. that guuy is a whimp or wot!@!! n then he started crying.. i'm like. wtf.. SO i sent them back.. upon reaching the shore.. i asked him to drag his boat out again until half body deep.. (he was yelping abt going about in seaweed filled water) and i ask him to get into his boa.. and ask if he is ready to sail.. he said yes.. and i flipped his boat over. quite expectedly.. he screamed.. cried.. and i screamed at him to upright his boat fast. he manage to do that.. and his buoyancy bags started coming off.. geez.. i made him stay in his boat to bail out his water.. he calmed down after a while.. i hope he learn that water in the boat is part and parcel of sailing.. *sigh* its been a tuff disappointing day.. in both myself.. and them.. I'm like.. WHAT CAN I DO TO MAKE THEM TACK PROPERLY!!! GEEEZ~!! anD SAIL CLOSE HAUL!! gonna read up some more books on it.

Anyway.. when its over.. and everything is packed.. and we finallly get to go home.. pedalled abit.. it felt funny.. i looked down.. and realise that the tyre was flat.. got a busted hole.. sucker.. i was half expecting it this morning.. got a farnee bad feeling.. inherited from my mum.. tsk.. so.. Suzanne came and pick me up.. and she said there was a tornado warning.. and I was only half way thru my Beef Picante Ramen instant noodles.. wahahha.. had to gobble it down.. I think i might just go have some later again. I'm hungry.. wehahahah but then again. i will not get to exercise tm.. h mm.. i think i should just stick with sleeping..

Well.. we picked sam up along the way.. reached home.. Steve was checking out the weather station.. The storm was suppose to be heading our way.. the wind outisde built up.. the sand got churned up all arnd.. and the tornado never came.. sigh.. wat a disappointed ment.. I would have like to see a tornado.. The lightning was cool thou.. was worried abt Joe.. he was out windsurfing.. Got steve to call the centre.. and Eileen said that he was already out of the water.. goot to hear that.. *phew*

HAd a wonderful dinner.. talked to steve again.. played house in my double decker with ISaac and Anna.. and then came online.. and talked to christina.. It doesn't seem that I could get any laser sailing done at all here! sigh..

Oh well.. My back aching a little.. hopefully its just from the biking and nothing else.. Ittish late.. i should take my leave. cheers..

Thoughts of the day: Maybe I'm not so cut out to teach sailing.. I can't make teach beginners sail properly.. geez!! Back to basics...