This week has been the last full week of summer holidays for us teachers. I have mostly filled it with dog walking, reading, eating out with friends and suppressing vague feelings of panic. The new term approaches and, as ever, the feeling of being completely unprepared has started to encroach. I know in the sensible part of my brain how to deal with this: plan lessons, plan resources, organise time better, do more reading, do more writing, and make phone calls. Six little things all of which I know I can do quite happily on their own, or grouped together in pairs… And I have been doing each one in dribs and drabs over the summer holidays – but when those essential first days start looming over the horizon it's very hard not to just put one's head back underneath the duvet and refuse to come out.
I am very excited about returning to university. In fact I really can't wait! The only drawback is knowing that my lectures start at 6:30 PM and go on until 9:30 PM, on a school night. Now, if you have read my other blog, or just happen to know me (which I'm fairly sure most of you will!) You'll know that it is aroundabout the 6 PM mark that I like to start considering getting out of my wheelchair and wrapping myself up in aforementioned duvet. I'm strongly of the opinion that if I do not get my recommended daily dose of duvet, much like medication from the doctor, I will suffer for it and all those around me! Hence why it is even more important that I get myself Organised. So, dear readers, with this in mind I have in fact purchased A Wall Planner. I have stolen the philosophy of "Units of Time" from Nick Hornby's About a Boy, and assigned each day a certain number of units. To cope with all this frightening PAaBP* there has been much chocolate eaten (two units), alcohol consumed (four units), and an unheard of, nay, unprecedented amount of moaning (8 units).
*Plan Ahead and Be Prepared :-)
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