On Blogging On My May Half Term Break

It's pretty insane how fast the time is going, these days. I have always found that once the weather starts to warm up, the days speed past. Perhaps it is because we find ourselves enjoying the days more; you know how they always say that the things you want to go slowly speed by, while the things you want to get over and done with drag on. It seems a bit bizarre though, considering the fact that the days are technically longer (with more hours of sunlight, anyways), yet they seem to slip out of your fingers. I can't believe that it was 5 weeks ago that I was in Canada. It seems like just yesterday, and yet I know it wasn't. I miss being home still, with all the comforts that comes with it, but at the same time I really am nowhere near being done in England.

That said, I really need to lock down a job for the fall. I was offered two days at week at my current school, but that offer isn't one I can seriously consider. As much as I would love to stay at the school (for the children only, trust me), two full days of work is not enough to get me by. I can't even supply on the three days I don't work at the school, because I don't have a car. Its not very easy to get from one place to another without transportation. The buses are fine and dandy if you're not in a hurry, but they're by no means reliable.

My fingers are still crossed that something will come up soon, because I really do hate this waiting game.

I start with two groups of year 7s next week as well. I am prepared for the one class, and wholly under prepared for the other. It's not my fault though, as I was told I would be teaching Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Nights Dream', only to be told on Friday (when I was not in) that it was being changed to 'Argue the Case', whatever that may be. I mean, talk about absolute SHIT notice. How exactly do they expect me to plan anything decent, if I wasn't even there on the last day to get the appropriate resources. What this NOW means is that I have to go into the school, on my holiday, and find the resources that I need. I am really quite frustrated with the lack of communication and preparation at this school. They should have provided me with way more notice than they did, because now I am left feeling like I've got an impossible workload, with very little idea of where I am going and what I am doing. I am not impressed, at all. As sad as it sounds, its all just another reason why I cannot continue to stay at the school; I'm under appreciated. It just seems like another example of 'too little, too late'....which is another underlying theme in my life.

School aside though, things in my life are looking up. Way up. You know I don't like to blog about personal things though, because you never know who may read this, and take it the wrong way. Suffice it to say, I've met someone new, and he's the total package; very very good looking, sweet, funny, intelligent... but anyways, I don't want to jinx it by saying any more. You know how it is... don't want to make any premature leaps, gotta look first.

I've not got a lot more to say at the moment; my mind is kind of in a lazy mood these days. I'll try to find some time to write more later in the week, should something come up.

Cheers.