My new Aim in life

 Post holiday blues are real, I tried hard to fend it off by doing stuff, but after mum left on Saturday I just slouched about for a while with very little motivation to get on with the day. It didn't help that it was cloudy and cold. But after a bit of sorting A and I went out for lunch and we watched a silly film and once she left I played some tunes recommended by my pals. 


On Sunday I decided I would head to the rookies skating having woken up really early. New job nerves kicking in big time. I spent a bit of the day going over my plans for the first week. Mindful of the importance of setting the right tone. I didn't do much skating and skills, but enough to feel useful and to have moved my body a bit. The plan after the session was to go to the pub to chat to the new skaters and give them a chance to ask questions and hopefully persuade them to sign up for the full 10 weeks. I treated myself to a very nice pizza, not expecting to eat it all - but managed. There I had a very happy surprise, as Joanna popped in so I got cuddles and we had a quick but lovely catch up. Back home I had a very needed bath and did my hair. 

And then into my new school, I was so pleased they covered my first lesson because it meant I got to get my keys, ID, log on, move the furniture in the room I'm teaching in a bit and sign up to the (what feels like) millions of apps I need in the school. I'm using some different systems but all are fairly intuitive so far. I did my first lunch duty and only had one negative encounter, but happily another member of staff was nearby and identified him so I also added my first negative behaviour point. Fun! The day flew by and although I could go home straight after school I stayed to do a few bits. Feeling a little unsure of exactly of the next few days to come. And they were really quite lovely. I was kind of dreading Thursday because it was a full teaching day and 2 year 9 classes, but it was alright. Not perfect but good and my new form (not all of them were in) but we had a lovely chat and at the end they gave me a round of applause, which I'm fairly sure wasn't sarcastic. Even a 5 day week was ok, I miss the day off but I've still managed to do a bit of socialising in the week, when lovely J and then O came over and I made go to choir on Monday, despite feeling mentally exhausted, but the singing did the trick and helped me not worry as much about the week ahead. The school has a lovely friendly atmosphere and I've felt so welcomed. Feels a bit too good to be true but I bet much hope this is a sign of things to come. 

Yesterday I had to go for another CAT scan, an awkward place to get to - the hospital, not the body part. My lovely husband drove me. Ann hours drive for a 3 minute scan. I'm hoping it's the last scan for a while, just an update on the surgery - monitoring - feeling a bit scanned out. But apart from my eye all seems fine and honestly I think the eye is as well so I'm not really thinking about that. After we went out as we met up with one of BigA's oldest friends for as quick hour. Then we dropped one of them off we saw it was far too late to go home and cook so we went to the Beehive for food and watched the men's Coventry football team score and secure their place in the premier league. Oh my dad would have been thrilled. Then a healthy fast paced march home to try our Japanese whiskey before turning in. A full and fulfilling week. 

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