End of term antics

Well, the end of term has been and gone. It is always such a busy time and one which I don't really enjoy too much. The lack of routine and general craziness bug me! But it all went well, and I was thrilled to have finally done a whole term this academic year, full time!

We had a Junior school football tournament, 'The World Cup' and my class had chosen to be England. I wanted to go all out and encouraged the class to wear red and white, and organised face paint, as well as an English football shirt (the most unflattering piece of clothing I have worn for a while!) for me. The night before was spent painting the St George's cross on each fingernail! It was such a fun day. My mission was for people to actually question my nationality as I do get ribbed for being rather overly patriotic. Mission accomplished! My Welsh colleagues actually disowned me. My class played so well and won half their games which was amazing as we were the youngest year  group in the 'championships!' I ran so much and screamed, was proper hoarse after but was one of the best days of the year with my class. We laughed so much!

A lil pep talk to my female players

On Friday we had speech day which did lead to a few tears as my Head of department is retiring and she has been an absolute legend and unbelievably kind and supportive to me. It was surreal chatting to others who joined at the same time as me and realizing that our initial contracts are now up, and we were all meant to be leaving...only one is, and she was in tears, promising to return next year! The time has flown, and I am unsure whether my time will be really up next year....

My class got to know me well....as demonstrated by the greatest thank-you present ever!!! I showed absolutely everyone and was so so thrilled!!

My 'boyfriend' SJ...already in pride of place on my bedside table

Guy and I decided to go away for the weekend as a cheer up and headed to Carter Lake. It was the first time he saw me navigate.....the last also, he is a fast learner! We did get rather lost but got to see so much more so I feel we were rather lucky! Silver lining and all.... It was a great chilled out weekend in a beautiful location. 

The floating restaurant at Crater Lake

On Sunday morning we went on a walking safari. It was amazing! I was surprised with how much game we saw and got so close to. It was lush to be able to walk too. We had a great guide who told us loads of interesting facts that were rather tricky to decipher with his strong Kenyan accent, but it was so funny and satisfying when we finally worked out what he was trying to say! Not sure we really remember many, just the words we got stuck on. Gorge took me a good ten minutes to work out-it sounded just like coach!

One week old giraffe, cute! I named her Lydia ;)

Now packing to fly to India tomorrow.....will be great to go back after a few years and see a few new sights as well as returning to Mumbai and Goa. May try get into Bollywood this time! Guy has just booked a ticket to join me for a few weeks so will be a nice mix of girly time and solo travel as well as having an awesome navigator for a bit!

Guy and I post hike