gratefulforhelp's austerity measures

gratefulforhelp_2

All done. Hurrah!

twinklie

Yey you! :j

mummalove

:j:T:j:T:j:T

HAPPY DAYS!!!!

Now go and put your feet up, run a long, hot & bubbly bath and chill...you really have well and truly earned a rest

(sorry to hear about your ex work colleague's son :eek:)

gratefulforhelp_2

Yay...yeah scary about the boy/man. He would have grown up in our village too, though before my time here. Should net £500 ish...DH is now madly beavering away though.

cha97michelle

Glad you have finished. I think you need some rest tonight too. It will be a long week otherwise. Especially if you have all the home stuff to do. I didn't know till last week your DH is a teacher too. I don't know how you work that, although hols must be good to all be off together.

gratefulforhelp_2

He is a solicitor-turned-college-lecturer, so their hours and term dates are a bit different, and he only teaches post-16. It really helps to have someone who understands work, though I guess we do spend waaay too long talking shop.

He started the marking bug, his college rightly realise that its a good way to increase the staff expertise for free, so they are very encouraging of it.

gratefulforhelp_2

Spent £12 on cakes for the department meeting today. Ok day, nothing new so far. No traumas, hoping it stays that way.

gratefulforhelp_2

I have to email the planning office and oppose a planning application. I am sooo procrastinating, but the alternative choice is the dishwasher and the packed lunches...

cha97michelle

One of my old work colleagues was married to another teacher at our school. They had a rule that they could talk about work on the way home then no longer after that, and if one of them mentioned it they had to put money in a box which then paid for their treats. Good system.

twinklie

I LOVE that system...we'd collect so much money. I'm terrible for it - as you can tell from my thread. Ha ha