Nearly the Holidays!

 Heh heh.

The one time of the year when teaching seems like a rewarding profession is when it is nearly the school holidays.

Indeed today is the last day of Term Two which means I have nearly finished my first half-a-year of teaching.

Despite having mysterious back pain* and panda-eyes of tiredness** from the Senior Parent-Teachers evening last night***, I am feeling surprising chipper and optimistic.****

Yay for holidays! Joy! Rapture!

* My lower back has been hurting for the last couple of days. I have tried to combat it by assuming the Yoga position of ‘the corpse’ (lying flat on the floor) at home but have found it largely unsuccessful due to the fact that a) I started to fall asleep and, b) the cat sat on my head whilst I was vulnerable and tried to prevent me from be able to breathe. It must be noted the breathing is an essential part of successfully a) doing yoga and, b) staying alive for extended periods of time.

** The dark shadows and lines of worry under my eyes have started to migrate upwards giving an all-over panda eye look. I shall need industrial strength concealer next term if I am to continue the attempt to appear vaguely human.

*** There is a certain amount of cruelty in the management at my school. They scheduled yet another Parent-Teacher evening, this time on the last week of term! What I think is now irrefutable proof of their evilness is that they then didn’t provide any lunchables for staff at interval! It is an unspoken rule that teachers need biscuits, muffins and sausage rolls after an evening of talking to parents.

**** Heh heh. I like footnotes.