Very best wishes to you, "meself", for your last school term and for the start of your new life in January.

There were a lot of us on this thread: Sooz, 'A Regular', Schantieman, Julieann, Animaterra and me (apologies for any I have left out) who had handed in their notice to leave at the end of the Summer Term. How are you all doing ?

I must say, it did feel rather strange last week (even though my job was only part time) not to be going in to school. I had that odd, persistent feeling of "I should BE somewhere"... The one thing I am certainly going to miss is seeing the same children year on year growing up and moving through the school. The rest (as discussed here) you can keep !

I have a lovely new job as "Victorian School Teacher" in a museum, giving lessons 1880's-style to visiting (costumed) school groups, and next week I start out touring schools doing Shakespeare workshops and have a small speaking part in a film - none of which I could have done if still shackled to a regular school timetable, however part-time it was.

All best wishes to all last term's departing Mudcat teachers. Hope things are going really well for you.

- jeanie