JOURNAL - Tuesday December 23rd

I did it! I actually did it! I slept in!!

I feel really embarassed when someone says: `Oh, your a teacher, you get all those holidays'. But I have to tell you it takes a while for those holidays to really get into gear, especially at Christmas time.

It takes at least a week-10days before your body slows down and you get to `sleep in'. Then there is all those little jobs that have never got done over the year. This year I have the added `excitement' of working out where to put all the junk I have brought home from my old school - 5 years of collecting. A classroom size full of stuff you just can't throw out. Much to my husbands annoyance. My office at home is too small, and my office at my new school is even smaller.

Then, there is Christmas - a quiet one for us this year, but most years we have been busy packing up, getting ready to travel down South to visit the relatives.

After visiting everyone, you have a few days to yourself to travel home and then 1 week for all that planning. A blessing this year for me is that I will have a little bit longer to do this (cutting out the travel and visiting), but I also have a lot more work to do than usual - making sure everything at Oakwood is ready for the new Learning Support Teacher, as well as being prepared for the New Year at my new school.

But I'm not complaining - I love my work, I love my stuff, I love my relatives, and now I am also enjoying my SLEEP-INS.

Above are some pictures I missed out on my last blog - our `puppies' enjoying their sleep in.