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[nny]

I'm going along to a chamber choir rehearsal tomorrow night, to see if I want to join. It's a start at constructing a social life, right?

*geeks*

(also am panicking about lesson planning to the point of nearly hyperventilating so if anyone wants to talk at me and distract me a little or handhold or anything really that would prevent the continuation of run-on sentences that would be greatly appreciated D:)

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[soupytwist.livejournal.com]

Yay choir!

And I can have a look at stuff mebbe? if that would help?

[villainny.livejournal.com]

The issue is that I need to do a long term plan- I know what I'm teaching them this term, I know the skills they need to come out with and what the final project will be, but I am pushing myself to get the topic of every lesson down and in place now, except my brain is panicking and won't let me think about it. And somehow my brain has also decided that I cannot plan tomorrow's lesson without doing this first. :/

[soupytwist.livejournal.com]

Ok, does it help if I tell you your brain's wrong, and the long-term one can wait until you've done the more immediately pressing stuff?

[villainny.livejournal.com]

NO BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TEACH THEM D:

oh hai my brain's an idiot

[soupytwist.livejournal.com]

If that's mostly because of brainflail, then it might be worth making a cup of fruit tea or something and taking a minute to calm down to think about it? Like bringing out the zen breathing and stuff? Otherwise, *HUGS HUGS*.

[spacedmonkey.livejournal.com]

Here to hand hold or talk if needed!

Also, wow on the attempt at a social life. More than I've managed. :)

[villainny.livejournal.com]

The social life thing is because I live in a basement and tend not to emerge unless it's for work, and that's making my brain an unhealthy place to be, so. It'd be a good idea to make some changes there.

The depression thing ain't helping with the teaching thing either - I've not really got a handle on planning yet, despite the year's training and the month I've had teaching already; not to mention that I'm only teaching four lessons a week. Just, it's EAL students and I'm kinda having to make up what I'm teaching them off the top of my head since it's... they're very basic level and still learning the language, but I have to attempt to get them ready to take their exams next year. It's nervewracking, and there aren't units and resources in place. The resources available aren't even differentiatable, I have to make 'em all new. And I've not done enough work this week, and I'm kinda. Panicking. AND I AM SORRY for bleching it all at you, I'm just kinda streeeessed. D:

[spacedmonkey.livejournal.com]

Not a problem, I totally relate to tall of that.

I have no social life at all. I go to work, I come home and at weekends I share the care of my grandmother who has severe dementia. It's just like my wokring week but with an 80 year old rather and ten year olds. Problematically though I am chronically shy and going out stresses me greatly.

Depression wise, between child from hell and grandmother stress I've been in a massive downward spiral for the past month and not really sure how to get out of it at all.

Do you use the Sparklebox site? http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/index.html don't know what keystage you teach but it's great for free resources and then you can adpat what you want. I use it with my SLD / ASD class. Equally, yes, I spend all my time making resources and am currently learning Somali and Twi to deal with my two most problematic kids since we don't have an EAL teacher.

Blech away.

[bethan-b-bad.livejournal.com]

*cwtches the Nny* Choirs is good!

One day I will discover a way to package up Barrowmanhugs and send them via either post or the internets. I swear those things could at the very least cure cancer.

I think mayhaps I should sleep. But I fear that if I do, I will not wake up until tomorrow morning and then I won't have eaten AGAIN and we'll be back to square one.

Also, have you seen Friday's QI yet?

[villainny.livejournal.com]

EATING IS GOOD. You should do that. I should, also...

I don't watch QI as much as I should - we've kinda broken the Sky on our teevee, so it's mostly DVDs...

[bethan-b-bad.livejournal.com]

Sadface! I've not seen it either, but I hear it was a good one. Am led to believe Rob Brydon snogged one of the other guys.

(On a vaguely-related note, I totally want to write fic of Meera Syal as the Eleventh Doctor. Unfortunately, I'm woefully lacking in ideas. *pokes at brain*)

Is good indeed! But I'm not hungry right now: I usually eat later, and didn't have my lunch until 3 because of work being busy, which is probably why. And now I am le tired... :S

[spacedmonkey.livejournal.com]

Rob Brydon and Ben Miller snogging!