Day 263 - Full Body Ache

Monday January 4th

I must admit to a fair amount of trepidation going back to school. This was a little surprising as the last few weeks of term had gone so well. I don't feel part of the school yet so the nerves aren't a surprise. My two lessons were adequate at best but the best thing is, they are done, I've learnt from them and I move on.

All the talk amongst the teachers is about the weather and if school is going to close. I was just glad to get through the day and crawl into bed. 1 day back and my legs ache.

Day 129 - Tax Credit Karma

Sunday August 23rd

Long run this morning. Thought about 10 miles but ended with about 8.5

A very calm day, dominated by growing nerves about heading of to York tomorrow. I haven't been away from the family or my own bed for a few weeks now and to head off for a whole week into the unknown is quite the upheaval. I actually planned what to pack and then packed the night before which is very unusual for me.

Completed the Child Benefit forms and Tax Credit application. We get about 50 quid a week for the kids, irrespective of income and hopefully some tax credits as a low income earner. Unfortunately, the form asks for my annual earnings from last year which will bring the credit right down I'm sure. I thought about fibbing as all my earnings have been in the US but as karma has been so good to me so far, I don't want to screw it up with some bad.

Alice had practice this morning so went along and chatted to some of the other mothers. One of them has just trained as a GTP Maths teacher so another good source of information.

England regained the Ashes. Rejoice.