Tomorrow

Tomorrow I say my final farewell to my grandpa.

I'm not going to cope with it well, I know I will be a mess.

Yet, whenever I think of him, I think of the Noddy car I had at his house. It was a complete death trap on wheels. Metal pedals that flung round at the speed of light. The steering never worked either. But it was the best damn thing in the world.

So, I guess that's me clinging to his memory.

One of the greatest men in my life, the one who always knew I could do it. He never lost faith in me.

So now, when I lose faith in myself, I just need to think of that noddy car. And how the pedals of life may knackered and cut your knees when things are hard, but there will always be good people around to help. They will pick you up, give you a hug and hopefully give you some jelly tots.

So if any of you ever feel low and sad. Just think, someone will always be willing to listen and to help you out of your Noddy car. 

Abbly xxxx

Twas the season to be jolly.... now it's that weird in between bit

Greetings you glorious little sausages of blogger land
I have returned!! *tumbleweed rolls past*
Oki I know I have abandoned this for a very long time but gimme credit here my life has become a blur of marking books, teaching and shouting at year 11 kids who are 2 foot taller than me, its not a job to be taken lightly.
I know in my previous post I sounded very glum about the whole thing, but at the time I was going through a crisis about whether I even wanted to continue with teaching or not. It really is that tough people, everyone who says 'those who can't, teach' stay still while I slap you round the face with a kipper. Heed my words people, also feel free to ask any questions about teaching, don't go in to the profession blind. Get the experience and get the advice as it will do you in good sted for the future. So yeah, that is my advice to all you lovelies.

Well Christmas came around far too quickly for my liking. I spent most of my free time trying to shop online when I get the chance to. It was mental. I've usually cracked the Christmas shopping by the end of November, this year not so much. Never mind I survived, just. I had a bit of a mare the other day when I discovered friends had bought Christmas presents and I hadn't bought them anything, so that was a case of legging it to the january sales to hunt down a bargain or two. Thankfully I found stuff for her, so happy days. Other that that I got lots of smashing Christmas presents, I'll upload pictures soon as I haven't taken pictures of all of them yet. That's right people another blog post! Shocker!

I'm off to eat chocolate and read, and it only 10 in the morning. Happy days.

Hope you all had a smashing Christmas :)

Abbly x

This teaching milarky is pretty tough...

To be honest, this blog is what it says on the tin.

I am shattered.

My legs, arms, back and brain all ache from having to run around, carry everything and rack my brain to help students in lessons.

Today I taught a full lesson for the first time. One hour, me and a 30 year 9 students. I survived and I thought it went well. Yet I still feel completely deflated. We have to have mentor meetings about how my tutor who observed the lesson thought it went. My tutor said that the objectives of the lesson weren't clear and that they need to be the core of the lesson. So my lesson kind felt a bit pointless. I don't think it should bug me this much but I am worried about it. I don't want to have pointless lessons. I want the students to be enriched by what I teach and for them to find it useful.

The feedback has caused me to completely re-jig what I want to do for my lesson next week. I am struggling a bit with what to do and how to cope. I think I'm just in a funny mood and needed a bit of a rant, so where better than here where I can rant then read some fab blogs.

My life is currently revolving around lesson proformas and plans. Ergh.

Some one please tell me something happy? I could do with a cheer up.

Love you all long time

Abbly xxx

My life in dribs and drabs....

My life is currently a blur and i am super tired so if this doesn't make that much sense I apologies in advance.

Well I have officially started placement at an awesome school! It's been a bit nuts recently with everything happening. It is all very surreal to be honest. By Christmas I will be teaching 7 hours of lessons which will be weird thinking I am in control of a class! Gaaaah! Me! In control of a class!!!!

Ok let's back track. Highlight of my book collection, the other day because Danny bought me a Dalek handbook! Which is ace! And something that I will have no chance to read!! Ergh!!

Also the other day I met one of the tutors from my school and I took pictures of what I wore because I love it. My top is yellow and has black hearts all over it. I got it from a charity shop for £2.50 and they are selling the exact top in Tesco for £10! I am clearly cooler! With black jeans and a cardigan both from Tesco. My boots are from matalan in ze sale :) The cheeky grin was from the excitement of meeting mentors and such :) however the icing in the cake was my brilliant and fabulous new bag. I love it and I can thank my lovely boyfriend for it because he gots it for me, let me hear you say awwwwww! He's brill. I love it. He said he was giving it to me for Christmas but said I could use it early for placement :) yay!

Well I need to crack on with my essay right now but I hope to keep you upto date. Hope you are all well :)

Loves Abbly xxxxxx

The journey from bed to teaching...

Well. It's finally come around. On Monday, I started my life as a teacher trainee. It was THE weirdest feeling ever having to get up early to grab the train and head to Lancaster, but I managed it.

Everyone I have met on the course is lovely. Bit more experienced than me, but they are all so willing to help and be brilliant so I think I am in safe hands. I did a presentation today, I had to stand there and talk about myself for 5 minutes, which is harder than it looks. But, I managed to make everyone laugh. I apologised in advance for my frantic Doctor Who obsession, they seemed to take it well. So yeah, I start placement in 19 days do that should be good :) I am quite looking forward to the challenge!

There are 3 others from my glamourous home town, Jenny, Natalie and David. Jenny drives everyday and has being kind enough to give us a lift so we ate giving her some petrol money and no need for trains for us so YAY!!

I am really sorry if I don't get time to blog much but my tutors said to say goodbye to my life as I know it. It's weird, I feel like I have grown up. It feels like I can freakin do this! YEAH!!!

So the pictures are just what I am meant to be doing (reading the curriculum, woot!... Not) And my new (not so glamourous) wall calendar so I can see when everything is due. I'm getting organised! Let's see how long this lasts...And an ecard that made me giggle. Enjoy!

How are you all bloggers? Any thing new and exciting for you ?

Abby xxxxx

Fetch me the sympathy blanket I'm ill!!

That's right people.. I'm ill :(
its kicked off in the last couple of days, bad stomach pains, gag reflex playing up big time and just general arhgle barghle feeling.
I haven't had the chance to blog much recently as I have been away, seen more of my family, spent time with the boyfriend and just tried to relax....whilst working a sh*t load in between.

Exciting things -
I went to Wales :) not the animal, the part of the United Kingdom that I believed only sheep and my friend Becky inhabited, until my friend Cara went to uni there. I didn't get chance to take any pictures which made me sad but I can regale the tale to you all. I haven't seen Cara in what feels like a million years.... ok it might have been since Christmas, but I grabbed my friend Danii, the third vital wheel in our trio and set of to Wales to spend a few days amongst the Welshies. I can honestly say we will be doing it again. The journey down there was pretty easy due to the yoinking of my sister's sat nav we managed to navigate our way there. When we arrived we went for food in a lovely place called the Fat Cat Cafe (Bangor, Wales) which was lovely, a tad pricey but lovely food. We then hit tesco, bought wine, nibbles and food for us to live off for the few day we were there. From then on it was laughs and inappropriate banter all the way. We went to see the film Ted, which is brilliant, however there was a moment which Danii found so funny she nearly vomited due to her laughing so much. Cara and I couldn't stop laughing at Danii laughing, it was a vicious cycle. If you love Family Guy and that kind of humour then that is the film for you, its brilliant.

The next day we went to the zoo! We thought, how about Chester zoo because its a pretty big zoo. We then looked and it would be about £50 for 3 of us and thought HELLS TO THE NO. But Cara saved the day by recommending the Welsh Mountain Zoo and I am glad she did because it was lovely! We wanted to kidnap tiny monkeys but couldn't find a way to without being caught. It was sad times. The icing on top of the fabulous trip to the zoo was when we went to watch the sea lion display and my friend Danii dropped her phone in the enclosure while everything was going on. That's right. IN the enclosure. I couldn't stop laughing, thankfully she got it back but DAMN it was funny.

The evenings were filled with drinking wine and being merry, mainly playing drunk games of "I have never...." and listing off things only Danii had done, which is always fun. We also managed to watch a lot of Eddie Izzard DVD's so all in all a awesome trip. I love you both.

I am finally feeling OK with the fact I have moved home. My parents have been good, Mum's had a few moments but I should have seen that one coming a mile off. At the moment, I am a bit down because I am missing living with my friends. I miss my Jess running in a serenading me and us always doing things together. I miss Becky coming over and drinking tea in the lounge. I miss Liv being bat sh*t crazy and flinging squishy cow at me. I miss Dave and the grumpy state he gets in when Coventry loses. I miss Lee and his huggableness (yes that is a word). I miss Aline and her randomness. I miss Ant and Coral and hope they are successful in their mission to become pirates (YOU BETTER GET A SHIP DAMMIT!!) I miss Vicky with her drunken and hilarious ways. I miss Hannah as she is my beautiful gymnastic dinosaur and she always will be. I miss Maz (my marginly hairy biker) and Abbie (Hedwig) because I know my classes aren't going to be the same again. I miss Rosie and going round her house and her cooking me cake. I miss them all but know that they are all fabulous and I will see them all again :) .....I better bloody had do!

GAH! getting emotional again!!

Well...moving on.....I got my old job back (HUZZAH!) which means pennies! (EVEN BIGGER HUZZAH!) so yeah am back at the good ole Furness Building Society. Its good and I am getting to move around branches and meet new people which is always nice :). So hopefully I can save up enough to visit everyone. 

At the moment, apart from working, I am bricking it about starting uni soon. You know when you want to get so much done and end up getting NONE OF IT DONE! yeah.... that's me in a nutshell. Its not fun. At all. I have so many books I have bought to read and haven't had the time, and it's getting closer fast! I think I am gonna need to knuckle down. Not only this, I am going to my friend Law's super hero party as Catwoman. No, not the slaggy ones. I want the Ann Hathaway outfit, which I have found....I know just need to lose a billion stone and I will be fine. So stay tuned for me to moan about the lack of nice food in my life as of

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And on that note lovely people now you have caught up on the random crap I spew, I shall bid you adieu. I'm going to have a paracetamol and curl up in bed. And pray I don't die of death disease....

What a lovely day :)

What a splendid day I have had :) I went shopping with my grandma and my mum in Kendal for a day out. We began with a cuppa tea as our fuel for the day and then went on to find some lovely items :) after being inspired by the lovely Vix yesterday I went to a few charity shops but alas no prevail but I shall try again soon :) I bought a lovely pair of velvet shoes, down from 50 quid to 15 so I grabbed them. I also got a awesome pale blue polka dot top that will be useful for nights out AND wearing for placement which is a
winner :) now I am going to my boyfriends house to make him make me a cup of tea and relax after a hard days shopping :) it's a tough life but I might as well enjoy it before the insanity begins in September :)