Far and Away

Liquid nails would certainly do the trick @Faith-and-Hope 👍 I used casting plaster which comes in a 20kg bag so we have plenty left to do many mre casts if we want to. It might be really good to do for christmas - we could decorate them with the kids' faces to hang on the tree or make gifts for family members.

I have a lot of work to do again this weekend - catching up on marking mostly from the past 2 weeks. I have only brought home around half of it though so it is not too overwhelming. The rest I can do a little at a time throughout next week. Then there are reports to do so still really full on for me until the end of term. I would like to have reports done before the end of this term so I don't have to do them in the holidays - but we will have to see ...I am not going to work all night every night - I just don't have the energy for that right now.

@Zoe7 @Faith-and-Hope @eth

awww thanks @Snowie Hug received and gratefully accepted ...one back to you too

And from me @Snowie ....

I am glad you are pacing yourself @Zoe7 ..... 🦋

@Faith-and-Hope 💖😘🌹

@Faith-and-Hope Hoping you are asleep Hon

One of our office staff is leaving - today was her last day. She hasn't been there long - just filling in for the past month or so but I liked her and having her around. She made me cry today when I wished her luck in her next role ...she said I was the nicest and easiest teacher to deal with and she was going to miss me. The other office lady agreed with her and that set me off. I have been holding it all together for weeks but that broke me today. Luckily it was after school so I didn't have to face any kids or other staff so I packed the car and cried most of the way home. Been that kind of night. All I wanted to do was sleep when I got home but I am still up - it is going to be a long night

Morning @Zoe7 @outlander ..... I hope you both eventually got some sleep.

@Zoe7 I hear you. A friend on the phone yesterday, whoI hadn't spoken to in-depth about my situation, realised how isolated I am over here from the support of family and friends with what I am going through. Moments of empathy like that can "get to us" because they are unexpected, and we don't actually realise that we needed to have a guard up against them ...... I think they are actually good moments for us in the overall scheme of things, but they can trigger the unloading of stresses and strains we have been managing to hold ourselves together around.

I hope it has a positive effect for you - think of dropping a bundle of sticks you have been carrying for a while and then realising how tired your arms had become without you noticing it ..... hopefully as you pick up the bundle again you can leave a few of the sticks on the ground. And me too.

Yes to all of that @Faith-and-Hope I have slept most of today. Feeling very unwell which is also likely a consequence of me 'breaking' yesterday afternoon alomside being up so long last night. I have a massive headache still so can't actually get to any work so far this afternoon which will set me back a lot - but nothing I can do. I have 2 weeks to get through and then I can rest and recover. It is now highly likey I will be doing reports in the holidays but if I do them in the first week I can then have all the second week to begin planning for next term at my own pace with a lot of rest in between.

I am so glad you have such wonderful friends back west and that you are able to now talk openly with them about everything in your life. It does deeply sadden me for you that you do not have that support around you in the east and for that reason your art and studies are so important to keep you going - that I am also grateful about for you Hon. I do wish I could be there with you to wrap my arms around you and sit with you through all this As I can't - sending you all my love from afar and sitting with you along the way. You mean the world to me Hon and as I have said before - you lighten my life by just being in it 💜💙💚🧡💛🌹🌷🌸🌺😘