Approximate reading time: 11 min It has been a good week. Lots of news! I have had another really lovely week in the same school, working with the same autistic boy. I really love doing the one-to-one work and not having to worry about the whole class for a change. I have one more week …
Author: Gayle Hill
Clearing the Space
Approximate reading time: 4 minutes I’ve finished my proposal! 3 days early…. I feel sooooooo proud. It was touch and go there for a minute. I didn’t think I was going to make it out alive. I contemplated quitting the masters. (Shamefully, I did) BUT I PERSERVERED! (‘Cause in case you forgot) This week has …
A Life Full of Surprises
Approximate reading time: 3 min If you are single, and you survived it! Well done you, you are a trooper:-) I was on holiday this week, so it’s been a week of proposal writing. (I am almost finished!!!) I took the day off on Wednesday to go and help Richard buy more plants for his …
Rethinking Co-dependency
Approximate reading time: 8 minutes I have 2 weeks left to finish my proposal! TWO! Luckily this week I am on holiday so I can devote myself to it 24/7 (Oh the joy!) I had an epiphany this week (It was beautiful I tell you) I realised how much my co-dependency issues have been triggered …
Cheat night #2
Approximate reading time: 3 minutes It’s not very original I know. But I have to cheat again. I have been working on my dissertation proposal the whole weekend….and all the boring academic writing has sucked the freaken life out of me!! I have no energy to write anything remotely interesting. So, I am giving myself …
A Day in the Life of a Supply Teacher
Approximate reading time: 12 minutes Well, I wish I could say that the possession was over and that I had annexed all my sad, lonely perplexed parts to the back of the cupboard (Where frankly sometimes I think they should stay!) But that would be a lie. And for the sake of authenticity, I’m trying …
The Possession
Approximate reading time: 12 min It feels like my inner children Lila, Lola and Mara-Keres are currently fighting to the death for the possession of my body. Frankly, I would rather not be writing anything in this state. How I have handled them in the past is to simply fall off the radar until I …
Everyone loves a little Biscuit
Approximate reading time: 3 min I’m back!! It feels like years since I sat down and wrote anything new. In my defence, I have been on holiday in South Africa for the last month…forcing me out of my room into the big wide world of human contact pretty much 24/7. It was amazing to see …
Lessons Incognito
Approximate reading time: 3 min Written 15th of August 2021 I’ve started dreaded yoga (Yes, once again) With a completely different instructor Halleluiah Amen! I did classes with Thomas In 2019 (Although I never did yoga That WASN’T for me) I was devasted to have to Say my goodbyes When I moved from Ealing (I’m …
Dare to Dream
Approximate reading time: 6 min Written 12th of August 2023 For the first time in my life I feel in control Dare I dream this feeling Might be that elusive “whole” Grounded, secure Happy in my skin Free from being tainted (Marred by awful “sin”) It’s this feeling of someone Holding my hand Guiding me …