And a happy new year!

UPDATE- Looks like I didn’t press Publish when I wrote  this in JANUARY 2017!  But it’s still valid and the sentiment is the same so here you are!


Morning!  I hope you are all enjoying the break as much as I am.  I could technically sleep past 6am for a whole fortnight with no school to go to. But that would mean convincing my unconscious self that its actually ok to get up at 8am and that I can turn off my automatic alarm. With things I obviously failed to do last night. So here I am awake at 6.30am with a coffee and a walked dog.

Thoughts have been turning to the next term. (Yes, the geek inside me never stops.)  I don't like the Sept-Dec term. It feels like Christmas is one giant 'hump-day' in the middle of the year, an annual Wednesday to get past.  Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas!  I love all the fun things, the gift-giving, the food, the school activities and carol concerts.  I just hate the way that over here in the UK it gets darker and darker and more drizzly as the weeks go on leading up to the holidays.  No snowfall for us, just fog and mizzley rain. And its such a LOOOOOOONNNNNNNGGGGG term!

So when the new year hits I'm right in the mood for a bit of renewal.  The winter solstice has been and gone so now its official, the days are getting longer and the half term is only 6 weeks. That's doable. And the exam students have finally realised that they're leaving school in about 5 months and start to panic and focus in lessons.  They may even come to revision classes!

Have a great New Year and may it bring you all the you need and all the happiness you deserve!