I Am a Coward

Had an email from a couple we met in Croatia last year. They travel a lot and they had said we'd meet up at the airport and spend some time together in Jordan. In the email they said they didn't think they'd be there because of the terrorist attack on a tourist bus in Jordan earlier in the year. When we booked I didn't give any of that much thought but now they've said that I'm trembling. We've been to Egypt, Israel and Morocco and when we've arrived back home there's always been some sort of attack while we've been there and we didn't know anything about them but if I had I'd have been in a right state.

I was more frightened walking in the desert looking at ancient monuments on Lake Nasser with armed guards because they were all about fifteen years old with guns and me wondering how useful they'd be if we got attacked by bandits. Best forget it and we think our friends from the North will just turn up at the airport anyway and surprise us anyway.

Morty had a strenuous day back teaching yesterday. The classes were all hyper and he rescued one of those dodgy suggestive dice offering dubious sexual favours from a girl who was passing it around to all the lads. Then they started chucking glue at each other. More like riot control than learning. He got them back under control by showing them a video about slavery linked with the history they are doing right now. No wonder their class teacher is still off sick and doesn't look like he'll be back till September!