Category: Family

January 2025

I’m back to work after a long and warm summer. Teaching has exceeded my expectations. I enjoy walking around the school, speaking to people and getting to hear about a wide variety of lives lived. I like the routine of the days and the learning.

I don’t have any posts to share this month. I have read a lot, but there’s been a lot of doomscrolling, so why share that – it’s everywhere!

I’ve joined Substack and spend my attention there. I haven’t posted and may never.

I’ve enjoyed reading this summer and lots of time with my family.

Here is a photo with a view from the hammock I shared with my grandson last week. Time with him is precious to me.

The Importance of a Nap

I spent the entire afternoon napping. It was delightful. I needed it and I feel so much better. I should have done it the first day of the holidays and not the last! I think I did have one such afternoon at Foster actually. I feel I can now cope with returning to work tomorrow. I would have said returning to school, but as my daughter accurately pointed out to me on numerous occasions, it is her school and my place of work.
My grandfather (who is now 85) has always enjoyed a nap after lunch. I think it is a good and worthwhile thing and I intend to do as much of it as I can.