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Adoptive mum of two, wife, teacher (although rarely tweet about it). Generally tired.

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@carrieprimary

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@carrieprimary Oh.
You have just verbalised my feelings. I used to be an always good (sometimes outstanding) teacher. Now I am okay-ish.

Home is where you have to be the best.

The job is impossible. Home life is almost impossible.

I hope you can find balance... I can't!

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@carrieprimary @hazelmpinner Congratulations

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@emmalgsutton We did a shorter holiday this year, after last year’s disaster. And with the understanding if it was too much, we would come home.

Can’t see us ever going abroad!

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@SPRenewables We've been trying to register to your SEG tariff for 2 weeks now. We provide all information, get to confirmation page, click Submit & nothing happens.

Are we wasting our time with you? Do you not want more customers on SEG tariffs?

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@glitternails2 Ouch.
Good luck tomorrow & just make sure you rest afterwards.

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@carrieprimary Blimey. That feels huge. Good luck.

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@carrieprimary Yes.
I've realised it is impossible.

Sorry - that's not helpful.

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@carrieprimary Yeap.
Low expectations, need to lower further next year.

Sending hugs.

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Birthday weekend for big.
Mother’s Day.

Anyone like to take a guess on how my weekend has gone….

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I've just found an old email from our SW at the time, saying Bug's SW was worried about us not having other children & how it was felt he would do better not as an only child.

How wrong they were. He would be so much better as an only child!!!

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How I thought tea time would be: lovely tea all eating together round the table discussing our day.

Today's reality:
Big is eating his tea in his bedroom, it's all food that he can pick at
Little is munching on his whilst watching his tablet & walking around
Us: having it later!

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@carrieprimary It's the total relentlessness of it, isn't it?

Home life is tricky
Work is hard

And there is nothing else.

Sending hugs

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This week has been full on... I mean it always had the potential but it has been ridiculous!

My Gran's funeral on Tues
Work received a phone call on Tues afternoon.
Funny old day on Wed with only some pupils in school.
Ofsted Thurs & Fri.

Gin this evening!

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@professor_dave Excellent plan.
We always used to do this but we have less leftovers now we have a teenager... I think I need to use a bigger measure.

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@carrieprimary Oh yes.
We were lucky enough to have a week holiday at a cottage that had a small swimming pool. It was a wonderful week!

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@MatthewTheGay It depends.
Why are you thinking of going back? Would things have changed?
Was the issue the school (toxic environment) or the workload?

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@ejh1973 I hear you.
I sat down on Thurs for a cuppa & woke up an hour later. My y7's had a thrown together lesson on Fri.

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@WanderingPsych Nope. Not important for students.
School might try to tell you otherwise, as it's measure of success used by government (or something else to beat us with)? But honestly not important for pupils.

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@emmalgsutton @adoptingd Done ours today. I insisted.