Well. Have not been in school all this week following a flare-up of vasculitis. This has allowed me a somewhat objective week of deciding that I want to keep going and that teaching is the way forward at the moment.

However I have a somewhat interesting meeting with lots of important people both at the school and teachfirst to decide the best way to proceed to ensure I can keep going as a teacher, and undoubtedly some reference will be made to my being ill, by me if no-one else as I’ve been under too much pressure of late leading to collapse.

The flipside of being ill is that I’ve had a bit more time to help out getting the show ready. Is all looking really pretty good and should be a good laugh. I won’t be contributing much during the week as I’ll be trying to get back into school and planning routine asap but I’ll be around some evenings to say hello to people.

As a direct result of being helpful I do now have a large bruise on my chest after a run-in with a difficult music stand (don’t ask) and damaged my shoulder trying to move the mugss toolbox (which currently weighs about the same as a small car).

Am feeling generally more cheerful at the moment and am looking forward to seeing where I end up next…