Monday!

Monday morning - dull, cloudy and...just for a change...raining! I foresee future generations of homo sapiens growing flippers and gills.
However, I am off to do some voluntary counselling for five hours today and, in spite of the weather, I am going to walk. It's all part of the new 'look after me' plan. Now that I am not devoting all those hours to teaching-related activities, I have time to exercise more, so I am planning to walk more, get the bike out when the weather gets better and start swimming again. (No, not on the bike, YP!) The last time I did that on anything like a regular basis was when my children were growing up.
At the back of my mind is the knowledge that teachers are often not candidates for a long retirement. I have known of too many fellow teachers who have retired, only to peg it some months or even weeks later.
Anyway, just in case I might have wondered, even momentarily, about the wisdom of retiring from teaching, a text message from my Teaching Assistant at last term's school, would have reassured me. "OFSTED coming Thursday."
The great escape starts here!



4 comments:

Silverback said...

As long as you build it up gradually, you shouldn't become another post retirement statistic.

Well you WILL eventually of course !

Just ease into triathlons. Start with strolls to the chippie, the pub etc.

Jennytc said...

Chips and beer are not part of my healthy diet, Ian. (Oh all-right, wine is!)

Ellee Seymour said...

Keep up the good work, walking is excellent exercise and you will notice so much more around you too.

Jennytc said...

As long as I notice a decreasing waistline, Ellee, I'm happy!

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