Sounds fab Can't wait til me and OH "does" Christmas

Going to see nephew and 1st little sis

Have fun

I'm not sure what I'm going to do, chill an awful lot I think...

Hope you managed to chill

am going to read for a bit then watch Three Men go to New England

I did manage to chill

Excellent

I'm going to finish browsing e-books then read a bit more while it is quiet at work.

I appear to have accumulated a sleep deficit - didn't wake up until nearly 10 this morning trying to work out what to do with my few days off. Some practice woudl be useful... Might do some painting, or perhaps go out with my nephew and do some photography...

watch Top Gear

Me tooo!!! I'm just hoping they kill the Mini.....

The answer to this question should be 'go to bed'........it won't be though!

lunch then clari practice

going to the library, returning one book, looking for others from which to write my programme notes. The equivalent of one side of A4 only, mmmm, going to take all my writing skills to condense notes on three composers and four pieces down to a page.

Go and teach in a new school - a very, very Tuff Skool...

*dons armour*

Wish me luck.

Go to the lavvy.



Classical music scares chavs. Proven scientific fact!!!


Good luck, Cyrilla!

Hope it's gone well, C. I'm sure you've been great. You are invariably great

Bed - only got 4 hours sleep last night. Sleep well all!

Well I'm already in bed using my iPhone so it's sleep for me as well . Must be up at 6 and be in Horsforth about 8

Sleep. I'm exhausted. Big day yesterday, New Tuff Skool this afternoon and musicianship group tonight - finished writing a Music Teacher article at half past midnight last night and couldn't do any more lesson plans and other paperwork after midnight tonight.

Not sure how long I can keep this pace up this term..

I don't know how you do it at all Cyrilla, I need my sleep and only rarely stay up later than 10pm. Do look after yourself, don't want you burning yourself out


Already at work and about to open my counter and be nice to people

Barry is watching...making sure you don't burn out...

Gonna make a cup of Taylors Yorkshire, and take it up to the piano with me.

Wash-up.

Good

Tuff Skool sounds like training for bouncers Cyrilla !

Well, you're not wrong, f#m - there certainly were a couple of bouncers in Year 6...

Thanks, Baz and Lou - must say I'm feeling stressed already - this is SUCH a big term coming up.

Hey ho.

No2son is in year 6. He's actually a sweet kid, that is until he gets a surge of testosterone and then he's a hormonally charged nightmare -it goes with the territory. The real problem is he finds it as disconcerting as the adults who deal with him. Now I know that, it is much easier to deal with him and all his male friends who are going through the same thing.

Listen first, act second. Ensure he's safe, admit when you're wrong.

This school sounds like hard work, and you've got far more experience than me Cyrilla. I don't want you to burn out either, however just knowing these kids are confused rather than malicious seems to help.

Good luck! Don't burn the candle at both end. Actually did I say burn... bad time of year to mention anything to do with flames. Safer not setting light to anything. Just be sensible.

Er, sorry, I'm the one who's confused here..have I said anything to make anyone think that the 'couple of bouncers' in Y6 were a) male b) malicious?

Errrr...and of course the children are safe...and how do you know any of these children are 'confused rather than malicious'? And, well, yes, I DO admit when I'm wrong but where have you got this from that I'm 'wrong' in this instance? And quite what do you mean by 'listen first, act second'? How do you know I don't listen to children? Or act without thinking??

And all this has come in response to me saying I'd taught for an afternoon in a new, Tuff Skool and that there were a 'couple of bouncers' in Y6...

Sorry, jod, I know you mean well but I find your comments here utterly baffling.

Indeed.

Here we go again ???

Sorry, probably just got the wrong end of the stick. I know you listen. Trust me for being a bit preachy.

Yes, I think you did...

Bad morning... No2son was upset about something. Is going through a tough time. That plus sick cat and accident anniversary making life a bit strained.

Walking down to school to meet him in a minute.

I've said it before and I'll say it again - just because we choose not to post about it on the internet doesn't mean that the rest of us aren't going through a tough time too

That was an apology to Cyrilla, and was meant as an explaination for my comments to her.

Get my theory books out and maybe open them

All this sunshine has shown how filthy my car is, as it hasn't been washed in months. I'm off outside to make it change colour.

Teach an ocarina group

Teach theory.

Scales, circle of fifths and how to notate them in Treble, Bass. Alto and Tenor Clefs.


Next lesson Grouping in simple time.

One day, I shall buy and teach myself the ocarina...

I did open them but didn't get much further, fell asleep



First and second items, yes I'll need to look at those. Clefs, well, treble I can read, bass I forget and alto and tenor I really haven't got a clue about but for the timebeing I don't need to. Maybe I'll go more or less right back to the beginning.

Am going to do some theory stuff tonight

Go 'up the wooden hills to Bedfordshire'.

I'm going to go and stand in the peripheral vision of my over-worked teacher husband, who's still working at his computer, and tut/tap my feet/drum my fingers/roll my eyes in his general direction, in the manner of Simon's Cat pestering him for attention.

Is it not "wooden stairs"?

Sunshine? Are you in the same universe as me Hasn't been any sun round here for days.....

Will take you approximately 5 minutes
I have 6x 6 year olds booked in for next week.... ....great, but a little scarey!!

I have a band gig this morning

Piano practise, in the freezing cold.

I am just about to pack up in my Horsforth office and drive back home to Wirral. 'Bye til tomorow.

have coffee, must stay awake this afternoon

Go to bed. Overstretched at the moment and had a horrible teaching experience this afternoon.

Washed out with it all.

do take care Cyrilla


work for me.....

Going to make another coffee and then have an hour or so chilling out with a book. Practice can wait until this afternoon when I'm fully awake!