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Friday, April 17, 2009

The only bad Friday...

...is the last Friday of the holidays. Back to work on Monday - oh the horror.

It's not that I don't like my job, I do. But these next few weeks are going to be grim. I am slogging my way through my PGCE assignments, I have two lesson observations, and it's three weeks till my students write their exams. So I am stressed. I have a tension headache pretty much all the time...

And my stress is nothing compared to Bobby's. This new role is really not what he signed up for. He worked 18 hours yesterday. Eighteen hours! So much for the better work/life balance we wanted! He's going to have to work those kind of crazy hours for the next ten days; by the end of next weekend he should know if all his hard work has paid off. He's finding it massively stressful, not so much for his own sake, but because he feels responsible for the other people working on the project. If it fails, they will lose their jobs. I can see why he feels like this; on the other hand, though, he's only been involved in this project for a few weeks - the problems weren't created by him, and he hasn't got enough time to fix them. And it won't help anyone if he burns himself out completely...

We are both still running three or four mornings a week to try to counteract the stress. It does make for a good start to the day, being out in the fresh air, listening to the birds and watching the bunnies in the fields. But once the run is over the stress comes back...

Poor Steve is stressed too. It's the final runup to his exams and he has a lot of work to get through. And a lot riding on these exams.

At least the girls are well and happy. Sophie had a sleepover here last night (much giggling; I'm glad our bedroom is up in the loft - they were up later than Bobby was!) and is seeing a movie with a different friend this afternoon. Milly has been doing a version of Come Dine With Me with her friends; it's her turn tomorrow night so she's been trialling her dishes on us. They are delicious (prawn curry puffs for the starter, tandoori chicken for the main course, and mini mint chocolate cupcakes and chocolate dipped strawberries for the dessert) - let's hope she can recreate them on the night!

Ugh. I'm cold... And it's grey and horrible and drizzly outside today, which doesn't help my mood. I had better get on and finish up the lesson preparation I've been procrastinating; I know I'll feel better when it's out of the way. If I can just resist the temptation to have "just one quick round" of Scramble ... I curse the day I installed it on my iPod, it's freakishly addictive.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Gah ... tough times. Sending you lots of good vibes to get you through to the summer holidays.

XX Fiona

Lisa said...

Ack! Sending good vibes that this season will pass quickly.

Maddy said...

It sounds like you life is well and truely filled to the top with stess. I hope things settle down for you soon.