The #BEDN prompt for today is something to do with a day in your shoes. I can't really take pictures but I thought I'd give a summary of the main items of my day!
6.15am Husband’s alarm goes off. Husband oblivious to said alarm. K awake and poking CBC sleepily.
6.18am CBC’s alarm STILL going off. CBC lies like corpse. K prods more vigorously, more awake but refusing to get up first!
6.35am CBC’s next alarm goes off. He ignores it. The wifely poking continues.
6.45am K now vexedly tells CBC that he is making her late and he needs to get in shower.
6.48am CBC gets up in panic and goes into shower.
7.00am CBC out of shower, complaining it is misbehaving.
7.05am K jumps into bathroom in a panic. Shower varies between blazing hot and arctic freeze.
7.10am CBC panics about the time, where his keys are and making his 7.25 train. K despairs as cleans teeth etc, looks at clock complacently.
7.18am CBC rages round house, runs out to bike shed to get bike out and leaves house in panic.
7.20 K tuts in superior way.
7.26 K suddenly realises she should have left the house. Panics.
7.27* K tries to clean fling last remaining items into bag and runs down stairs, shoves any shoes on.
7.31 Front door slams! K realises there are only 16 mins to get to the station. It is wet. Regrets choosing TOMS as foot choice. Starts the power walk that CBC says is RUNNING!
7.35 Make it to end of ‘alley/walkway’ onto main roundabout/road. RAGES that the traffic will not stop.
7.36 Traffic finally stops. K bombs it across the road.
7.37 Walking up hill to park, K spies other commuters**
7.37 Reaches walkway to park. Overtakes several more commuters with sense of smugness.
7.38 Realises time and sprints down nice downhill bit and pants up the uphill bit. Wishes for the 20th time that there was a ‘crow flies’ route to station.
7.41 Reaches swimming pool. Runs through carpark, along slope almost mowing down several more overtake targets.
7.42 Reach main road where station platform can be viewed from road.
7.45 Ups the pace as train is seen coming into platform. Now sweating heap.
7.46 Any sense of decorum goes out the window as bid to reach the train is only goal. Dash through doors, hair in all directions, panting and fire engine-red face. Sit down in relief.
7.48 Read
The Message quietly.
8.15 Reach station close to school.
8.25 Arrive school.
8.25-9.00 Get any school related prep done not already done. Set up computer for Singing Assembly.
9.00 Staff briefing/Meeting at school. Porridge normally supposed to be eaten but milk all finished and forgotten to be bought so no breakfast or tea
9.15 Fetch children from playground.
9.30 Begin recorder lesson with first class.
10.25 Realises there are 5 mins till assembly time.
10.30 Class hurried into hall. Check computer.
10.32 Rage at projector screen is not working. Send child to look for IT technician. Continue hunting round computer.
10.33 Child returns. ICT coordinator out on a course. Sigh in manor of brave hero. Suddenly spot unplugged cable!
10.34 Computer working. Teacher cheers.
10.35 All classes arrive. Sing new John Rutter song to children whilst playing hard piano part like Les Dawson (inwardly seething at self!). Prance like idiot singing enthusiastically high notes at children by John Rutter to teach them. Glare at year 3 child talking loudly, praise year 3 boy who is singing perfectly. They respond enthusiastically.
10.55 Children clap themselves. Classes go out to play.
11.00 Go to grab cup of tea, remember there is no milk and search for biscuits. Find caramel Hobnobs
11.10 Rush out to get children from playground.
11.12 Teach second recorder lesson.
12.15 Children pack away recorders and music. All beg to be allowed to take items back to music room.
12.16 6 children laden with items trot upstairs with things.
12.17 K goes into hall and tunes violins and searches for music for child who has forgotten music.
12.30 Orchestra begins.
1.11 Orchestra finishes and children clear away. K looks ruefully at clock and realises no time for lunch.
1.15 Goes to fetch Reception from playground and realises it has been wet play. Goes to classroom.
1.25 Register completed. K realises children have ‘wetplayitis’.
2.25 Lesson completed, Reception sing ‘Goodbye’ to K and she scarpers over to Year 4.
2.30 Obedient class begin to learn how to play ‘Harriet’s Idee Fixe from Symphony Fantastique.
2.45 Obedient class having trouble with the rhythm of the end of tune. K points them to the music notation and says “Look, it’s a crotchet followed by minim!”. Class say “AH!” in wise comprehension and proceed to play rhythm perfectly.
3.10 ‘Fire alarm’ goes off. Class trot down the stairs. False alarm.
3.20 Class play final playthrough of ‘Harriet’s theme, accompanied by ‘pounding heartbeats’ and ‘Horse hooves chords’. A, serious, musical child, conducts and brings the different parts in with the panache of Toscanini!
3.25 As children put away instruments, A asks to play something he worked out on the piano. Proceeds to play rendition of piece that I composed for them with his own left-hand accompaniment and harmony added to tune! Class mesmerised and clap supportively!
3.30 Bundle children out into playground.
3.40 Fetch choir and go up to hall. Teach them ‘Counter melody for Ding-dong merrily on High’ and new version of ‘Away in a manger’.
4.30 Children deposited onto parents one by one, miraculously all on time!
4.35 Go up to music room and hall to clear up. Get out John Rutter song to practice hard piano part.
4.50 Raid chocolate stash in office. Go and send crucial e-mails and save work to network, create resources.
5.30 Head to train station.
6.30 Head to COOP for chicken and noodle soup.
6.50 Head out of COOP with er-6 items.
Oh heck, I’m bored of this and I bet you are too!!!
Ciao!x
*Ok, not always this time. Sometimes 7.45!
** Merely targets to overtake
