Well, hereth endeth another weeketh. I'm very fortunate to live in an area where the Goodwood Revival Festival is quite close by and you can hear the sounds of motor vehicles racing around their track, you can see and hear different planes from different eras flying overhead, and let's not forget the many, many helicopters that like to chop about breaking the usual peace and silence of the air. I'm thinking this evening I shall have to watch Top Gun. Yes, I'm feeling the need… the need for speed! (Apologies… I had to say it!)
I think perhaps the key to a successful completion of work is Being Organised. Now, I have gone on about this before in the past. So there is no need to do so here. However after my first full week a number of things have come clear:
1. I have allowed my body to become soft and lazy, and accustomed to "Duvet Life".
2. Knowing when and where I shall be, knowing when and where I will produce work, knowing when and where I shall read, write, plan lessons, and have downtime, knowing when and where I shall walk my dog and train her and play with her, suddenly makes the stressful tummy ache disappear.
3. Chocolate really can work miracles in more or less every situation. In fact I'm surprised that they did not say 'chocolate', instead of '42' as being the meaning of life according to Monty Python!
4. On the rare occasion chocolate is unavailable, then coffee will do as a temporary substitute. And thermal underwear…
5. I think writing is a little bit like teaching… Everyone thinks they can do it, until they actually have a go and try. It's not for the fainthearted, it's not for those who must stick rigidly to a plan as you may think your day is starting out in one direction only to find out you will be led down a completely different path. It is not for those who like to shut off at the end of their working day and go home. There is always more you can do, things you can change, things you think you can do better, more you can learn and improve on for the benefit of others.

So it's now 4:15 PM on a mellow Sunday afternoon, Yes it's definitely time for Top Gun…