31.8.25

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Just a quick update. I don't want good habits going out the window so quickly. I spent 10 hours up at the school and am likely to do the same today. But I broke the back of the cleaning and it's just small things now. The classroom is mostly set up and it's just placing things in the right place and cleaning up the hall way. Stuff which was from like ten years ago was still in drawers. I had to bin them of course. Children which have graduated the school still had work there.

The weather was awful. Wind and rain. Nothing like I had ever seen before.

I can sort things more finely later, but for now this will do.

The floor also needs to be done. It's such a state. I have hoovered it but not mopped. I will do that in the coming weekend. Organising it was enough.

I heard that this child is not coming to my class because he had not 'gelled' with me. Could he go to another class? No, or course not, was the answer. I do wonder how parents support children sometimes. anyway.

Health wise... I am still eating well. Simply. I didn't run yesterday. I think the clear out was enough workout. But I should do sit ups everyday to keep the sit up thing in progress. So if I don't go running - which shouldn't be too often, I will be stretching and sitting up.

I cannot extolled the benefits of running enough. It makes me feel amazing. I miss it so much when I don't run. Like yesterday. I could have I suppose but I really needed to get a move on with the cleaning. I was in school at quarter past six and I will be there again today. There are so many books which are jumbled up all over the place. I think I am going to have to move some books down so that there is enough space for them. The upshot of this though is that the store is quite empty. And I have some empty cupboard for the time being. Whew.

They will all be filled by the end of today. I threw lots of files away and have given away lots of material for the lower classes. I never used any of them - having created my own. I don't know if I'm going to go another round. I hope so, but will I have enough in me to take on the rigours of teaching full time. Uncertain.

What would I do instead eh?

Well, it's time to get ready. I m going to do nothing else until the classroom is ready. I'm going to do a map of India on the board - that's how I know it will be ready. And I only do that after I've completely sorted the classroom. COMPLETELY.

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