Oh, my fur and whiskers! I'm late, I'm late, I'm late! (The white rabbit)

Hey everybody! 

Top tip and lesson for today: double check you have the right details regarding dates for Teacher Only Days.

Even if you are firmly of the opinion that the first day of term is a Teacher Only Day and therefore has a later start time than normal.

Even if you write it down and then believe it for two weeks of your holiday.

Just check and check again, okay!

That way, you won't arrive late on your first day at work.

Where there were deserts I saw fountains (Patti Smith)

Photo by Mario Calvo on Unsplash

First day back (for Term Two) and it's always like the holidays haven't happened, right!

Today has been a lovely blur of action - problem solving/ listening/ receiving questions/ emergency relief teaching/ supervising French listening tests/ investigations/ receiving questions/ phone calls/ conversations/ complaints/ emails/ receiving questions/ decisions/ meetings/ restorative conversations...

Like I said - as if the holidays haven't happened.

But that's as it should be because we should live in the moment as much as possible.

Groucho Marx's amazing quote again comes to mind:

I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.