Half Term

This week has been half term so there hasn't been any teaching work for me, which has been OK, as I have been sick! Nothing major, but good to be able to just lax out without thinking about all the work I should be doing. I have paid 30p for one lemon and am definitely on the mend, ready for a job interview tomorrow.

We have decide to wait until Richie has a job before I look for something permanent, especially as teaching jobs starting in Sept (beginning of school year) won't be advertised until after Easter. The problem with both of us job hunting is that we could easily end up with jobs on opposite sides of London, which would be no fun from a commuting perspective. So once we know where we'll be living, I can concentrate in looking in that area. It seems that there is plenty of daily supply for mainstream teaching, and the special needs is more long term/interview based so I shall have to see how the next couple of weeks goes and perhaps do a mixture of the two to get some moolah flowing in.

We never made it to the Natural History Museum the other day - the queue to get in was massive - and we thought better to wait til after the half term to see the dinosaurs! We ended up going to the V and A, seeing some cool plaster casts of ancient treasures (somehow it is more amazing that they managed to make plaster casts of these huge columns etc than if they were the real columns stolen from Rome) and architecture exhibits.

Yesterday was so sunny and warm - Spring is definitely coming! We took the bus to Hyde Park and wandered along the Serpentine. Loads of people out picnicing, skating, horseriding, boating on the lake. It was so lovely and the sky was so blue. We mooched about, looked at the Albert memorial, the Wellington Arch and Buckingham Palace. We wanted to spend the entire day outside to make the most of the sunshine. Not that the weather has been that bad since the snow ended, but looking at the photos of beautiful blueness in NZ just before we left - it has been quite grey here in comparison. The spring bulbs are well on their way so there will be daffs around soon, and then summer is just around the corner! The squirrels were out in force at Hyde Park - I know the grey ones are evil invaders- but still, they are cute.....

My cousin Bruce is a total legend - or maybe he is just crazy - he has gone off camping this weekend to Mt Snowdon. I hope the forecast snow didn't arrive!