I finally made it back to work today. I confused myself on the walk, I suddenly realised there were no school kids around (there’s usually loads) and when I checked my watch it was 7.10 instead of 8.10. I thought I’d somehow accidentally left an hour early.

Turns out my watch had stopped and there was a teacher’s strike.

Survived my day at work, although I was absolutely exhausted by the afternoon. A week of annual leave and then 3 days sick meant I spent all day just going through my emails, and will still have some to do tomorrow.

Some people were going to the Vic tonight so we joined them - our other evening plans were cancelled due to me, but I figured a pub 2 minutes from home would be fine. I had a Coke and a burger and had a quick catch up with Holly and James (just back from Thailand) and then came home. Showered and in bed by 9.30.