Shame on you all for having better things to do than come into the woods this weekend ( Read more... )

Today was my official First Day: the new term has begun though the children have not yet returned. I have been both excited and terrified about this for the last week or so, not aided by the stupid bloody fucking arsing timetables ( Read more... )

Went to Italy.

Bought two dresses and a pair of offensively large sunglasses.

Swum, read, saw some Culture.

Came home.

Things which are good about my new flat:

• the taps turn on and off whenever you want them to
• the hot water comes out of the tap when you turn it on so you never have to wait and it never runs out
• the shower
• the little yardy bit at the back
• the teeny tiny bathroom window

I have got myself a salaried job which is On The Career Ladder.

Now I have put down a holding deposit on a one bedroom flat on Coldharbour Lane.

I feel like a grown-up and it's un-nerving me a little.

I have just been to see Death and the King's Horseman at The National.

If you are able to, I strongly recommend that you do too. It isn't a long run though, so hop to it!

I feel right now like, finally, everything is going to be OK. Last Thursday I got offered what is basically my perfect job (could only be more perfect if it was staying at RWS). On Monday I passed my Summative assessment with 1,2,1 for the lesson and passed the course with 1,1,1. Today I got my salary offer from my new school, and they are starting ( Read more... )

Ok, so. I am not sure I have ever been more nervous than this. Perhaps the day I had to go into work after handing in my resignation last year, but that was a different kind of nervous.

I think I am going to vomit. Goodnight.

Panic.

Milkshake is a totally acceptable breakfast food, right?

I'm so tired that my eyes are burning at 9.30am and I mounted the pavement and nearly mowed Evan down when I stopped to pick him up this morning (more apology cake? Probably). At the moment, I am enormously grateful for the 'Look Inside' option on Amazon, and that my mother taught me to lie, blag and cheat successfully ( Read more... )