Love Monkey

After being super horrible yesterday I decided that I needed to make amends to my little monkey boy. Fortunately, as I am the Queen of Impulse Purchases, I spotted these at our local supermarket this evening and they did the trick. Along with a nice steak for tea! (A lovely teriyaki stir fry for the husband also to make up for my general unpleasantness yesterday...he doesn't do chocolate).

Despite many people telling me not to, unsurprisingly I went into work today and obviously ignored everyone's advice. However, I actually feel much better for it. My reasons are many, but frankly, the students cheered me up no end, especially as all but two of them (out of three teaching groups so approximately 85 children) decided that they would do exactly as they were asked and engaged with their work properly. Always brings a smile, especially when students say "Is that the end of the lesson already" and I can say "Yes, time flies when you are concentrating!"...it's the teacher equivalent of a smugly delivered "I told you so".

Am getting somewhere towards the decks being cleared. As long as there are no major disasters tomorrow, I think I will achieve my objective of everything being sorted by 5.15 on Wednesday afternoon and I can then relax on Wednesday evening before it all kicks off on Thursday.

Immersion in work, as you might have figured out, is my way of ignoring the significance of the surgery, because if I am really honest, despite knowing I need it and wanting it to happen so that I have answers, I am beyond terrified now. So, I am being an ostrich. Work is my sand and my head is well and truly buried in it.

Hasta mañana peeps.