Stressed

Out of my mind today! I had my class assembly so I was up extra early, aiming to get to school a bit earlier to set up. I made a quick detour to pick up my friend, and it was nice to beat the traffic and have a nice chat on the way in :-)

I needn't have bothered, as we weren't able to set up until 8:45am, so my friends and I just literally walked around flapping, starting jobs and then flitting to another, leaving them half-done! I was so nervous, as I managed to miss last year's as I was ill, so I've never actually done one on my own before. The assembly was really good, and I was really proud of them all. And hugely relived that it's over for another year :-)

The day was largely spent chasing my tail and not getting anything done, and ultimately wanting to put my hands over my ears and start rocking. Sometimes this job is so stressful, with so many little, fiddly jobs that there just aren't time to do. Complicated by trivia, like not actually having had a snippet of time to stop by the post office to return a parcel that arrived a week ago and needs to be exchanged. And taking bites out of things at lunch and then arriving home ravenous.

I was supposed to be going out tonight to meet him tonight. All day I kept thinking he would cancel, and lo and behold he did. He said he couldn't make it back in time because of the tube strike, and actually, I think it would be better to see him next week instead. It has pissed with rain all day, and I've not been well this week, so although I was a bit disappointed, I think my body appreciated the rest. I spent some of the evening at my mum's with a TV dinner and my favourite dog :-)

Rounded off the evening with a nice chat with my friend I saw earlier in the week. He's a very good life coach, and gave lots of good advice. Which is exactly what I need right now :-)

Thank goodness I have this lovely dog here to make me feel better too :-)