"Be careful not to learn anything"

This week I will be in a classroom from 9-5 every day. It's a long, long time since I have worked an eight hour day and I have never been in a classroom for that length of time. In my days at technical college I was in class from 2-8pm one day a week and the other days were 5-8pm.

My school is also my work so it could be an interesting week. I worked hard last week to make sure everything was ready, having had nobody really in the building for the last year has meant I needed an extra level of diligence: the shuttered coffee machine had to be revived, the pest control guy came through, dusty desks were wiped down, IT was consulted on recalcitrant computers, outdoor furniture brought out of storage......

By the end of the week I was too tired to complete the last couple of things so I went to work today just to make sure there was milk in the fridge and little finishing touches. It's a good thing, too, the building was stuffy and stinking hot after a very hot day yesterday and I may be imagining it but I suspect the front doorway had been used as a quick pit stop by some one.....

In other news, I've oredered myself a new mattress. I considered downsizing to a king single bed, imagine al the extra floor space, but then I realised I'd need all new bedding as well and I have very nice bedding which I don't plan on replacing so, double bed it remains. Maybe the universe is telling me something......like to get another dog ..........I've had issues with my neck for months, my resident chiro thought my pillow was at fault so I got a new pillow but I still wake every day with a stiff neck, sometimes a dead arm. We decided it must be the mattress, which admittedly was purchased in the early 2000s. I hope the new mattress does the trick or it will be a very expensive non-solution!

I was really amused by this video this week, I hope you enjoy it