Self esteem.

A good friend of mine that I caught up with at the weekend said something very wise that has got me thinking. She said that working is really tied up with her self esteem. The same is true for me. In teaching I know that I give so much but the returns are rich and when children are involved fuelled with humour. The routine and timings of the school day suit me well too. I am so ready to put all I have learnt into practice.

Supply work has been sparse and with the RGS interview I had to turn down a whole week of work. After my 8 days of work and needing to get to Barley Mow in Gateshead everyday, I ended up with bank charges of £130! A very polite letter written whilst really quite upset about the whole palava paid off yesterday when the charges were returned to me.

I have some part time work starting with 2 gorgeous boys, (friends children, aged 4 and 6) starting next week, I got a very warm welcome when I arrived on Monday to find out a bit more about it. I was met with a 'welcome to our house Ellie' and showered with conversation about the significant toys, we had a very sweet meeting about the problem they have with the roof, opened with 'how are we going to work together to fix the roof?'

I'm sure I will enjoy their mischief, its a lovely time of year to walk over the moor and to go to the park after school or make Easter nests. Also if I do get offered a full week of work I can be flexible enough to take it.

I had a period amnesia this week, which was puzzling and really tiring physically and emotionally. Although I knew the likelihood of pregnancy was doubtful the head does race off and tend to have to reconsider the whole future..

Stu is enjoying creating a home in new potential abode, it is never without companions. Were both certainly not short of social endeavours.

I am soon to chat on skype with my Mum, who is in second home in America. There are a few lovely social arrangements to look forward to this week, this weekend I will be in Hexham to look after the extremely gorgeous Joseph and Izzy. We will probably go swimming and tire them out, otherwise poor Stu will be totally exhausted from a day of none stop play fighting. Izzy light up in recognition the other day, I thought she was going to give Stu a cuddle, but a cheeky smile and a friendly thump were more the order of the day!

Free guiness at Pitcher and Piano for St Paddy's day, will have to get vouchers sorted for that!

Going to see Roald Dahl's twisted tales on Wednesday for a birthday treat and am being taken for a Tynemouth walk on the beach and fish and chips on Sunday before the Equinox. Lucky me.