week 4, day 4

boy doesn't time fly!

back at school for four weeks now (one more day of the week left) and i figure it's about time i logged back in and wrote a little something. Funny enough, this is one of those times when i should be doing something else much more important. Escapism, i think they call it!

life is good. Met a guy and we're still dating - that's a first for me. give it another couple of weeks and this'll be the longest relationship to date. hopefully i'll keep him for a tad longer than just a couple more weeks.
School is looking good - kids are a big pain in the backside but my job is secure since the person who i'm on maternity cover for is off until my fixed term contract completes itself next year. thank goodness!!!! if not, i'd be afraid that i'd end up turning into a classroom teacher rather than a specialist teacher. and being secondary trained, the idea of being with the same kids every day, all day freaks me out (to say the least)!!!!

What's more, there's one more day of week 4 and that'll be taken up with a trip to a concert in town with some kids. teaching on monday then away at camp with some kids on tues - friday. no teaching :) hopefully extra pay and no having to control crazy kids 'cos they'll be outside and able to run off their energy.
so that's week 5 over and done with. week 6 the second lot of camp people are away so less classes for me :) and a day off for choir practice on tuesday. week 7 ... looks to be fairly normal. week 8 normal - hang on. there's a friday in week 7 or 8 when there's a extra long assembly 'cos of visiting ensemble followed by a trip to a musical production in town, so another day off. week 9, normal. week 10 - work monday, tuesday and on wednesday fly with the brass band to britain for 10 days !!!! yey - three days off. that means i'll come back with a few days left of the holidays to relax and organise before the start of term 4.

how sad that i have to count the weeks like that - it's a teacher's life *sigh*.

oh - and a trip down south to go skiing or snowboarding to look forward to. you know, even if i do get a bit of a pay rise i think all my money's going to disappear pretty fast!!!!

bummer, eh.