Any suggestions?

"Did you hear that Meg? Guys can marry other guys now. So...this is awkward, but I mean, if they can do that, that is pretty much it for you, isn't it? I mean you as well pack it in. Game over."

Thursday, July 13, 2006

This may be the last time I write for a while. I may be able to squeeze in one more before the end of term. It is very nearly the end of the school year, thank heaven and all that's sacred, which means I can look forward to an internetless, even computerless summer. I know it will be difficult but everyone can console themselves with the knowledge that I will be deliriously happy all summer due to the fact that I have six weeks off and a nice new job to go to.

Yes, I got the job. I rock. Not only this but it sounds like the best fun in the world. It is at a tiny, private girls' school, which is pretty much a combination of the various girls' schools I have attended during my education - places where I met extremely good friends and generally had the time of my life (apart from Biology GCSE and A-level Physics lessons.) It is a convent school in a beautiful Victorian house, set in a few acres of ground, accepting girls from 0-18.

I will be responsible for running the library and an ICT suite. This means I can order books, create displays, invite writers in to talk about their work, run book and literature clubs at basic and advanced levels to help students widen their reading before university etc. I will be responsible for the computers and the interactive whiteboard- I will help students with their research and possibly give basic interactive whiteboard training to teachers. I'm also going to help out with the careers library. I get to do loads of stuff and enjoy doing and still teach some extra classes, like bookclubs, but they will be voluntary for the pupils- all of the fun, none of the pressure. I am so excited.

It will involve a bit of a pay cut but it's five minutes from my house, which will save petrol, and I think it will be worth it because of how much I will adore it. I am blissful. All I have to do now is get through three and a half more days where I am now and all will be right with the world.

Plus, it is my birthday on Wednesday. Hip hip hooray.