A day at a time

Trying to keep up with the blogs is hard work. I am busy working on the Schoolnet blog at the moment and think - Oh yes, I've written my post for today - only to remember it's the wrong one! But with two of my "followers" (and they are about the only regular ones) telling me that they keep looking and there's nothing, I need to get back into regular writing.

Today I spent some time at home - woke up with a sore throat and cold so didn't go to the R2L training I was down for. Pete had planned to go fishing, so I stayed home on my own (till Sihle got up at lunch time) and sat in the sun, read my book, did a bit of work and had an afternoon snooze. This is how retirement should be. But it hasn't really been most of the time. Having a contract job means I have to work to make some money - so I don't have a "holiday" as such. And the work just comes streaming in - this week iI have been asked to co-author an English textbook and am off to Cape Town for the weekend for a commissioning workshop. I said I wasn't flying ANYWHERE for a while, but here I am, off to KSI again on Friday. The Schoolnet job is now at the stage where the rubber hits the road - no more talking and strategising - now I have to deliver - sign up members and get the interventions going. And Reading to Learn seems to have a whole new life of its own starting up with interest from people in all sorts of places. And in 10 days, the UKZN job means a trip to the Wild Coast - woo-ha!

I certainly didn't feel hard done by when everyone went back to school yesterday and I was able to go for a long walk in the morning. It's all hard work, but it's all interesting and I can fit it in to my day the way I want to.

Today was a good day - and I'm looking forward to tomorrow.