A Lad In Time – 1st November 2024

~ shaun tenzenmen

Don’t waste a wish on wondering
Chances are as rare as the genies
Don’t rue the wasted time blundering
Made maudlin by monsters and meanies

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Today I’m feeling:

A little tired and slow. The first full week is catching up with me now. I still feel fairly positive, though, thanks to my happy, playful students this morning.

My body feels pretty good after getting it moving and hung. I was a bit stiff when I woke up but exercise seemed to have loosened things up.

Health:

Physical: 7
Mental: 7

Today I’m grateful for:

Tony at Suspect Device for arranging to get me sent a copy of Running At The Edge of Their World, the book about Suspect Device fanzine, which arrived today. Double amazing as I haven’t even paid for it yet!

The best thing about today was:

It’s consistency. No one thing in particular, but just a general great feeling throughout the day. Though I’m starting to feel that familiar Friday wind-down of exhaustion again.

What was out of your control today and how did you handle it?

I was happily sitting in the cafe when I got a message from my student, Palm asking me where I was.

As November is ‘sports day'(!), classes are cut from one hour to fifty minutes so that at the end of the day, students can practice their sports.

I made the incorrect assumption that it would start on Monday but instead discovered it started today!

I got to class and I only had an easy task for them anyway, which was on a preprinted worksheet, so no harm done.

Review your acts, Good and bad.

I nearly lost my temper with my student Pang today as she gave me a lot of attitude but luckily I was able to step back in time and sit down with her to try and find what the real problem was, because I was sure it wasn’t me.

I told her that I was on her side and if she would let me in, then I could try and help her. I have given her this message before but she didn’t really take to it. Maybe it will this time. Maybe it won’t.

This morning, the kids were making fun of my hair and then Nicha took this picture after grabbing my phone out of my pocket. I guess from this angle (around Nicha’s height) I can understand why it looks so crazy.

6 thoughts on “A Lad In Time – 1st November 2024”

    1. Thanks Charlie. I’m not a fan of wishing, it seems a waste of time. Thoughts and prayers are only to make the sender feel better. Very much inspired by my mum and her oft-used phrase of ‘just get on with it!’

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