Approximate reading time: 7min It has been a bit of an up-down week. We received a letter from the receivership company’s solicitors informing us they are applying for a court order to have our flat repossessed. (It wasn’t a great day.) It triggered quite a lot of emotions in me. There was a colossal amount …
What WOULD Einstein think?
Approximate reading time: 6 min It’s amazing how a looming prison sentence can breathe life into you forcing you to ‘carpet diem‘ with an inordinate amount of zest and zeal. It’s been a busy week… frankly, I’m exhausted….I’m not sure how much more of this I can take. (Ummmm am I allowed to take breaks …
The End of the drought
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 …
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 …