Chickens in a box

It's typical - you don't go out from one month's end to the next and then all of a sudden you're inundated with nights out. Not that I'm complaining... We've been out in Newbury with the Micro Focus lot for beers and a curry, followed by my girlie night out with Tessa which finally came to an end at 4am the following morning after huge amounts of wine and some dreadful dancing to Tight Fit (there is no excuse). Onwards and upwards to our first village party later the same day, where I managed to down a glass of chilled red and a couple of sausage rolls while the children ate or destroyed as much of the Christmas tree as possible. An hour was enough. We fled. In the meantime rehearsals for William's nativity continued apace, culminating in the final show on Friday which both Eddie and I and Richard and Sonya attended; standing on tables at the back to try and catch a glimpse of our little sheep. Easier said than done with a sea of frantically photographing pa...

It turns out I didn't need to be nervous about going into school today with James. It was such a nice morning and everyone was very friendly and helpful. I even had coffee in the staffroom! Feeling much more confident that spending time there on a voluntary basis could be the change in my life I'm looking for. There is so much to learn, I have no experience whatsoever and that is quite daunting. But at the same time I'm excited about the future and taking my life in a new direction.