11.5.25 - Todayish

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I love May because of the cow parsley

Well, due to technical fuck ups I lost my last posting. I was going to put in some pictures and now I am going to just write what I was going to do, which was to have a look at the previous week and the upcoming week.

General Overview

First, I am happiest when I am doing my journals. I am happiest doing two types of journals. This one which people who are interested in keeping touch can dip in and out and then my own handwritten one in which I really do tease out the knottiest parts in my brain. 

I am happiest when I am writing, so why I don't write I do not know.

I am happiest when I am running as well, so why I do not run I too do not know.

But I know what needs to be done. However, I am GLUED to TikTok, hoping against hope that the next video I scroll means will show that the world has come to its senses and that all wars will end. 

To this end, it appears that Saudi Arabia has insisted that Trump see sense and the starvation of Gaza is even too much for them to take. They are also making him try to make some peace with Iran. I CANNOT understand how people are can so stupid. How can we not choose to make peace rather than be assholes to each other. It's inconceivable.

BUT this post is supposed to be about me. So, to the previous week.

Previous Week

It was not good. Despite my bestest intentions to get up and go running and do writing, etc, I just ended up getting up at 2 am, and watching TikTok i till 4 am and then falling asleep to get up at 7 am to go to school. It's really annoying. But I know the solution. The solution is not taking the stupid phone to bed. So I will not take the phone to bed. Instead I will just go to bed like I used to and read till I fall asleep. 

Then, with some luck I will get up at 4 am to write and run at 6 and then play the piano at 7 and then go to school.

School is going great however. It is going amazingly well.

I have managed to teach the children fractions - they understand it and this week we do Subtraction of Fractions with Mixed Numbers.

Week after it will be multiplication and the week after division. Then I will have covered all Fractions for this term. Thereafter we go into play territory.

Upcoming Week

So, upcoming week.

There are LOADS of things to be done. Any number of things. I will take this morning to write these things out and then tidy the house. It is only 9.30 am. 

There are some projects I'm very happy I completed. Like the zodiac. I know I had to use various media to finish it off, but the results speak for themselves. They look incredible.

There are other things which I am very proud of. Like yesterday, the Forest School session was amazing. The children were more focused and I was able to take them through the foraging and eating.

Inspired by the nettle crisps, I am also eating the dandelions. 

The truth is that there is so much to do and I need to just limit the chilling time, but OMG the chilling time... when I get home I just want to not do anything AT ALL.

Right. I am now going to sit down and go through my diary and then after a couple of hours, clean the house. Which will take me to around 3 pm. Then I'll do the forest school gear. Which will bring me to the evening and then I'll have a look at the admin for forest school. Right first things first.

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