#263 - Saturday, Saturday

Anu - father of the Annunaki

Today has gone well. After I dropped Oisin, I collected Ghin, then dropped Ghin, then headed to Glengormley for TK Maxx, didn't buy anything :-(, went to Home Bargins and got washing powder, washing up liquid, cat food, toothpaste and toilet paper. Yep. Home Bargins type things. Might as well not waste the trip to Glengormley. Delighted to see I had more money than I thought I would have... collected Ghin, got some Burger King (> <), I know, and then headed to Ma's house and went to school to draw the above and clean the classroom. 

I love doing the blackboard drawing. On average the Saturday sessions in school have been very idyllic, given it is mid-September, but also important. I need to organise the classroom because it looks like a bombsite after Friday afternoon, and I also do the blackboard drawing as a form of meditation. When I draw, I think about the Main Lesson, the children, the character I'm drawing and what I should say about it, etc... after that, it takes about an hour and a half, and it is also soooo nourishing, then, I collected Ghin, came home, made my own late lunch - lamb chop - and had some green tea.

Then I lay down for a bit, watched Jack Whitehall and his dad and cried at the ending - then collected Oisin... came home, cooked dinner - fried rice and gyoza - chatted to the boys about things... then did the laundry. I will spend the rest of the evening reading and making notes about the Annunaki.

I did quite a lot of this during the holidays and now it is time to get everything down. This week I am going to do the Annunaki - the Creation and Flood myth, the Descent of Inanna... next week it will be the Battle between Marduk and Tiamat and hopefully, the Epic of Gilgamesh.

It was good to get some balance back again today. Tomorrow I am going to write, go for my run, play the piano, hoover the house and clean the toilet, go to the Christian Community, then come home, make lunch, make ice cream, do the weekly shop and then it will be time to do the Lesson Plan for tomorrow. 

As I said to Ruth, I am doing more lesson prep because I now have the energy to do it. And what's more, it's that I'm enjoying it. As I swept the classroom today I thought, what would I be doing if I wasn't sweeping the classroom anyway? Watching some crap TV? Probably. Getting the work-life balance right is awesome. Can't be beaten.

AND I have MONEY. I didn't touch my savings this month. The only money I took out of my gift from Ma was the money I spent on the insurance. So I'm all good. Oisin asked me, what is your disposable income? I said I have no disposable income. But what would need disposable income for? I have all the clothes I need, I just need to lose weight, which is what I'm doing. I have just come back from a six week holiday in Singapore. I have a car which is a good car. I have a roof about my head. I have enough of food to eat. I have a great job that I love... I have you guys. What would I need lots of money for? I have enough and that's what's important. 

So, yeah... right. I am now going to do some reading about Anu and the Annunaki. Then the Battle Between Tiamat and Marduk. The Inanna story I already know by heart. I'm really enjoying the Ancient Sumeria ML this time - I was utterly clueless the last time. I'll also do the ziggurats, the priest class, inventions and innovations as well as the importance of the River Tigris and Euphrates. It is amazing how many civlisations have been defined by rivers. We are fucking idiots, human beings. God save us from ourselves. Really.