Monday, 9 January 2017

A Day in the Life...

It's Monday morning, the first day of the week and the day that most people dread. I don't enjoy Mondays but I don't exactly dislike them either. The day that I do find the hardest is Wednesday because it's always the day I stay later at work. 

I thought for today I would let you see into my life with the times that I do things- compare it to your day or just enjoy knowing what I do on a Monday each week like a stalker... I don't mind you stalking me this way- the other way however is a bit weird so here's my schedule:

6AM - I wake up and have breakfast. I usually have 2 Weetabix because in my mind, it's a breakfast that is kind of good for you and it keeps me full for the 6 hours before I get to eat again for lunch.
6:55 - I leave the house at the this time but recently I've been leaving a little earlier because it has been so cold and frosty that I have to defrost the car. I drive for the shortest amount of time ever because in the morning, there is NO traffic at the time I leave.

7:10 - I arrive at work and immediately get started on my day. I set up my classroom, print resources and make sure everything is ready for the day when my children arrive.
8:40-12:00 - My Monday sometimes varies but between this time, I am always teaching regardless what subject it is and the children sure do keep me on my toes. People think that being a teacher is easy but you are always talking, running around and looking like a headless chicken juggling 10 million things.

12:00-1:00 - Lunch break. In reality, my lunch break is usually 30 minutes of breathing, eating and socialising with my friends and then the next 30 minutes are spent setting up for the afternoon.
1:00-3:30 - Again, various teaching of subjects happens and once again headless chicken teacher act comes out.
3:30-5:30 - The rest of my working day is either spent in meetings, marking or planning for the next week. I usually go home between 5:30 and 6:00 on a Monday.

6:00-10:00 - This is the best part of my Monday because I get to come home. Usually, my nephew Jacob is still at home so I get to come home and play with him for a little bit. I eat my dinner, watch some crap on TV and catch up with my family. Then I do the usual wind down things of having a shower, brushing my teeth and scrolling through Facebook and Twitter all night until I can't keep my eyes open.
I live such an exciting Monday... I can't say that my life is exciting but it definitely is busy and I do enjoy the fact that my day is scheduled down to the minute. My job as a teacher means my days fly by and I never look at the clock waiting for my day to end because I never get bored. I never have a second that is not filled or used productively and that's just how I like it. I could never spend a Monday clock watching. 

How different is your Monday to mine? Do you hate it? Love it? Do lots? Do little?

Share with me a snippet of your life! I'd love to know!
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