It's been a wild ride!
Dec. 10th, 2005 01:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_vultureSo many things have changed in the last few weeks. First, it appears that I will be staying on with the school for the remainder of the year and likely on through the next (where I will likely be teaching more art than I am now). This is great news for me!
Second, we're down to the final week of the first term and I'm doing just fine! Are things perfect for me? By no means, but I've made a good accounting of myself and I've received a lot of positive feedback.
Third, though this particular week has been long and hard, for both myself and the rest of the staff, as a result of the HMI inspections on Tuesday and Wednesday, the effort has been well worth it: we are now out of special measures (yeehaw!), which means no more HMI inspections for a year (phew!). On a personal note, I received a good observation during that inspection; the inspector seemed quite happy with what I was doing (yay me!).
Fourth, I have moved into West London to be nearer the school. I'm now about half an hour journey away, adding so much more free time to my daily schedule (phew!). I'm already feeling so much better rested. The apartment itself is a bedsit in a flatshare with about five others. Fortunately, I rarely see any of my flatmates, and I appear to be the earliest one up, so there's never a fight for the bathroom (which is large and has the most awsome power shower unit (instant hot water and plenty of it (mmm...)). The kitchen is also quite ample. I have access to a washer and dryer, so life is good that way. My room, itself, is small, but is set up quite functionally with a firm double bed that folds up into a sofa, a great wardrobe with plenty of drawers for storage, and a sink and mirror in the corner. The only real drawback to the place is the lack of a phone line (and, more importantly, broadband) which will not be resolved for a number of weeks to come (phone line installation will occur on January 3 (ugh!) and broadband will not happen for a couple of weeks after that). For the time being, broadband contact will be limited to the weekends when I return to my previous flat in Aylesbury (as I'm currently doing at the mo'). Oh, here's the best part of the flat: it's only £250 per month, all bills and taxes inclusive (save phone). Sweet, no?
Now, all I have to do is survive one more week and I'm into Christmas holidays (yay!).
Second, we're down to the final week of the first term and I'm doing just fine! Are things perfect for me? By no means, but I've made a good accounting of myself and I've received a lot of positive feedback.
Third, though this particular week has been long and hard, for both myself and the rest of the staff, as a result of the HMI inspections on Tuesday and Wednesday, the effort has been well worth it: we are now out of special measures (yeehaw!), which means no more HMI inspections for a year (phew!). On a personal note, I received a good observation during that inspection; the inspector seemed quite happy with what I was doing (yay me!).
Fourth, I have moved into West London to be nearer the school. I'm now about half an hour journey away, adding so much more free time to my daily schedule (phew!). I'm already feeling so much better rested. The apartment itself is a bedsit in a flatshare with about five others. Fortunately, I rarely see any of my flatmates, and I appear to be the earliest one up, so there's never a fight for the bathroom (which is large and has the most awsome power shower unit (instant hot water and plenty of it (mmm...)). The kitchen is also quite ample. I have access to a washer and dryer, so life is good that way. My room, itself, is small, but is set up quite functionally with a firm double bed that folds up into a sofa, a great wardrobe with plenty of drawers for storage, and a sink and mirror in the corner. The only real drawback to the place is the lack of a phone line (and, more importantly, broadband) which will not be resolved for a number of weeks to come (phone line installation will occur on January 3 (ugh!) and broadband will not happen for a couple of weeks after that). For the time being, broadband contact will be limited to the weekends when I return to my previous flat in Aylesbury (as I'm currently doing at the mo'). Oh, here's the best part of the flat: it's only £250 per month, all bills and taxes inclusive (save phone). Sweet, no?
Now, all I have to do is survive one more week and I'm into Christmas holidays (yay!).
