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Date: 28 June 2004 13:57:34
I decided to have a snack lunch so I could get on with the lounge this afternoon. Wonder why my snack lunch has taken me an hour to prepare and eat. I'd never make it on Ready Steady Cook. Nor a house-decluttering programme. I'm sure these two facts are unrelated.
School was classic this morning. The new stress-free me in the middle of a staffroom full of very stressed people. I was randomly shouted at by almost everyone I spoke to this morning, despite being my usual lovely (and modest) self. The kids were up the wall, too. I managed to walk without smirking past the 13-year-old who was walking round in circles on the hot water pipes, followed by one of the helpers who was trying to get him back to class. I confiscated a treasure chest. I had a child throw a sulk because I asked him to sit on the chair by the table instead of moving another chair there.... oh, the fun of teaching. Never a dull moment. I have decided to take each day as it hits me for the last three weeks of school.
Now, I'd better turn my attention to some household paperwork - sending off my speeding fine (*blush*) and the form for Dad's pension which I accidentally put my address on instead of his (*blush*) and my application form for a massage course at college :-) Oh and four overdue letters to birth families which I am going to be in trouble for not having written sooner. Trouble is, both the Smudgelets had expressed an interest in enclosing a picture or a letter and they just cannot get around to doing it. Hard balancing act, encouraging them without pressurising them. And I'd better do something about this lounge before Dad comes in to babysit tonight.