i;; not even holiday cheers don't heal bruises.
[ helping decorate recollé square had to be one of her favourite pastimes during founder's day! there's just something so heartwarming about gathering together and helping one another make the holiday even more festive.

ainsley can be seen on a ladder, helping putting on streamers when she notices a balloon floating by her. she finishes pinning the streamer first before she drops everything she's doing to try and grab it, thinking a quick swipe will do it. unfortunately for her, the inconvenient timing of someone bumping into the ladder just as her footing slips causes her thoughts to go from 'this will be easy' to 'this will be bad!'

very bad. it causes a chain reaction of her loosing not only her nerves but also her footing and her grip on the ladder. ]

Ah-! [ that brief, yet surprisingly loud, yell is the only thing she gets out before she falls and crashes to the ground. quite hard. alas, nothing was conveniently below her to cushion her fall so she took the full burnt of the fall damage.

it wasn't that high, she was only almost halfway up the ladder, but oof. ohh… this is going to leave a lot of bruises on her tomorrow morning, she can feel it. ]

ii;; and the warmth of seeing familiar faces.
[ while the expressive isn't a place she'd like to be during the height of founder's day - a lot of people, a lot of noise, a lot of suspicion that someone is buying more coffee than they should be for themselves. - the liveliness and the warmth it exudes makes it a fitting place to meet someone she's been dying to see for a while.

having arrived two hours early to make sure she can get them both a table, she's been passing the time by reading a novel she's been dying to finish for a while. so absorbed she is of the plot twist it just revealed to her, she didn't realise the person she's been waiting for her is right beside her until she hears a sound.

that's enough to snap her back into reality, her face turning red as she snaps the book shut and smiles an apologetic smile at them. ] I'm sorry for that. I-I was just finishing up a very exciting chapter.

Please, take a seat. I would love to hear how you've been doing lately.

wildcard;; a little conversation. (past.)
And that's it for today, class! [ well, not really. she could properly finish the class by asking them questions about the chapter they had just read for their book sarah moon and the morning room but it's friday and she can tell the children are becoming restless.

so she lets them out a few minutes earlier than they should be out, knowing they can simply pick up from where they left off on monday. perhaps the children will be more focused on their lessons when the exciting promise of founder's day has come and gone.

she's a bit excited for the celebrations herself if she had to be honest. it meant there's a strong chance she could find some new books to read at some stalls. those are her thoughts as she begins to clean the blackboard of her writings and lessons while she gives her usual last words of the day. ainsley thinks none of the children will take up the offer, given the flurry of activity she hears behind her, but it never hurts to always extend a hand out to them. ]

If any of you need to speak with me about anything, be it lessons or advice, please feel free to stay in the classroom a bit longer while I clean up. I'll always make time for you all.

wildcard;; teachers need a break too. (internet.)
stargazeandbookmazed posted photos!

[ that's a consistent notification you'll be getting throughout the day as ainsley photographs her day. it mostly comes in the form of books and locations and more books but, now and then, she'll take a rare selfie with her smiling a brilliant smile at her phone's camera.

(though the smile is obscured by how often she places her thumb over the phone's camera. ainsley how can you not notice this?) ]