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So my resulutions didn't quite go the way I intended.
I was going to do project 365, but I coudln't keep up with the pickture-taking.
I was going to do a 2nd 52 recipes challenge, and that seems to be going well, but it's the keeping record that I'm struggling with.
Instead, I've started playing music again and I've joined an orchestra. This is AWESOME. I actually WANT to play music again. I don't get to every day, but that's ok. I'm allowed to be too tired. I'm not going to force it, but I am definitely going to enjoy it.
I didn't get The Dream Job that I applied for, but that's ok. It would have required me to move pretty far, so I'm content to stay where I am for now. So, I'm also working on updating my CV on a regular basis and finding work that's a bit closer to home. I've decided that an hour-long cycle at the end of a long week and with MASSIVE hills really is too much for me, now matter how hard I've been trying. I'm just not that hard-core yet, and givne the 12hrs sleep I got in the space of just over 24hrs, I'd say that I'm not really a wuss, but that I really do get that tired.
I do love the staff I work with and I do love team teaching. I think it's a brilliant initiative and SO much better than 1:26, but spending 2hrs/day just getting around, even if it's ultimately of benefit to my health, is too much. And I'm not moving to the suburb where I work. It has one of Melbourne's top 5 crime rates, and I love where I live right now.
So it's not an easy decision, but if I can get into a school with a good, supportive culture then I should be OK. I have enough experience now to feel pretty confident with what I do.
I've also downloaded iBooks Author, Apples new application for making textbooks. I have to admit that I'm a bit intimidated about it, but I want to write my own maths textbook, and this one will focus on algebra damnit! If I get into a school that supports iPads, this may end up going really well.
Of course, Oxford's Big Ideas may beat me to a more integrated format, but I haven't seen those textbooks yet so who knows.
Either way, I have a lot of creative outlets at the moment, and I haven't even mentioned my physics course, which has also started. I'm a Very Busy Girl! But it's good. I like being busy, and now I finally am in what I consider to be a good way :-)
I was going to do project 365, but I coudln't keep up with the pickture-taking.
I was going to do a 2nd 52 recipes challenge, and that seems to be going well, but it's the keeping record that I'm struggling with.
Instead, I've started playing music again and I've joined an orchestra. This is AWESOME. I actually WANT to play music again. I don't get to every day, but that's ok. I'm allowed to be too tired. I'm not going to force it, but I am definitely going to enjoy it.
I didn't get The Dream Job that I applied for, but that's ok. It would have required me to move pretty far, so I'm content to stay where I am for now. So, I'm also working on updating my CV on a regular basis and finding work that's a bit closer to home. I've decided that an hour-long cycle at the end of a long week and with MASSIVE hills really is too much for me, now matter how hard I've been trying. I'm just not that hard-core yet, and givne the 12hrs sleep I got in the space of just over 24hrs, I'd say that I'm not really a wuss, but that I really do get that tired.
I do love the staff I work with and I do love team teaching. I think it's a brilliant initiative and SO much better than 1:26, but spending 2hrs/day just getting around, even if it's ultimately of benefit to my health, is too much. And I'm not moving to the suburb where I work. It has one of Melbourne's top 5 crime rates, and I love where I live right now.
So it's not an easy decision, but if I can get into a school with a good, supportive culture then I should be OK. I have enough experience now to feel pretty confident with what I do.
I've also downloaded iBooks Author, Apples new application for making textbooks. I have to admit that I'm a bit intimidated about it, but I want to write my own maths textbook, and this one will focus on algebra damnit! If I get into a school that supports iPads, this may end up going really well.
Of course, Oxford's Big Ideas may beat me to a more integrated format, but I haven't seen those textbooks yet so who knows.
Either way, I have a lot of creative outlets at the moment, and I haven't even mentioned my physics course, which has also started. I'm a Very Busy Girl! But it's good. I like being busy, and now I finally am in what I consider to be a good way :-)
