70% recharged.

My new favourite band!

I'm finally done with WORK for this semester!! Didn't expect to be this sad @ leaving...especially on the last day I saw the kids. When they presented me with the surprise card, I just lost it; tears couldn't stop flowing & it stunned the little ones who thought I was upset cause they've never seen me cry before, haha. Come to think of it, I've never cried a single time during my 2 years at work but I cried twice during my last 2 days. Sigh..it's finally dawned on me that I won't be seeing them anymore or waking up to that teaching routine every morning at 6.30am. It's been merely 2 years but as I was packing up on Fri, I realised how much I've learnt and how much effort I've put in and how attached I've grown towards most things & ppl at work. I must have grown so rigid that I'm resisting changes like my kids!! Oh wells...I guess I'll eventually get over it. Like I've mentioned a zillion times, life's been sort of a blur and state of confusion over the past few weeks. And now that I've made up with lotsa long-lost sleep over the weekend, I'm feeling as refreshed as me. Time to soak up the festive air once again at this time of the year!

Hanging there

Last week's been crazy. My mind's been a complete blur with 4hrs of sleep a night and endless typing on the comp. Rushed my butt off 2 sch assignments while the first of my besties tied the knot. And though there were the usual hiccups here and there, the wedding was a success! 10 hats off to her & her hubs for planning & organizing their own wedding (which was a pretty grand & formal affair) almost all by themselves (without the silly fuss of gatecrashing and all) and in such a short period of time (something like less than 6mths??). In fact, it's an even smoother wedding than some others that had 2-3x the amount of time & help. Congrats once again a + t.

Neway, one more assignment and 2 more days at work and I'm good to slack for the rest of this year!! Can't wait for Friday to come, though I don't look forward to packing and clearing my stuff at work. 2 years worth of teaching materials, toys etc...I hope I can finish packing up by the end of my last day @ work 'cause I seriously don't wanna make an extra trip down next week.

Crafts

After completing a psych report and a quiz on Mon, followed by another quiz this afternoon, decided to take a break from the books tonight...to catch up on the craft work which I've been putting on hold because of work.

Definitely not one of my best works but I'm too tired to do much DIY crafts so made do with ready-made deco & trinkets from my random craft collection. Hope she likes it.

And some small random stuff for workmates to celebrate the long weekend & Trick-or-Treat cause I won't be joining them for the scare night this year :'(

Starting again..

The sickening feeling of stress & exhaustion has started to overwhelm me once again, and after some stuff that happened this week @ work & other bad news for paperwork load, I am really starting to regret going part-time instead of just sticking to my original decision to leave in Sept. URGH, what's wrong with me!! Well, I really was asking for torture and so it's gonna be a continuous period of reports and reports and nothing but more reports to churn out for both school & work for the next 4 weeks. I'm just gonna run to the top of my blk and scream my lungs out after November the 16th.

For now, it's back to getting lost in my tables and notes once again.

 I really don't mind doing the psychological reports, but doing them after a long day at work and when I'm so darn tired is NOT fun at all. Sigh. Only things that cheer me up recently are ending my counseling practicum last week (thank goodness!) & not having to work the next 2 Fridays 'cause of HRJ & Sped Day!

Culminating into flu!

So the last couple of weeks have been a complete blur where I was focused on nothing but getting through all my school assignments, clearing stuff at work, doing my counseling practicum and attending school. I was initially really looking forward to the end of September because it was when I would officially stop working and could finally concentrate on my studies. However, I don't know how and why (might be because of the difficulties my employers were facing trying to hire someone to replace me or could be my lack of energy to think properly etc.) but I ended up agreeing to stay on till mid November as a part-timer. Not exactly a wise decision upon deeper reflection because from now till mid November, both work work and school work's just gonna increase and stay heavy but I guess I'll really be doing my work partner and my kids a big favor and that's what's most important. And switching to part-time beginning this week has made me feel less stressed and more focused + energized especially during night classes (previously I was just struggling to stay awake after a super long day at work). Anyway, all the weeks of stress and rush and lack of rest had finally boiled over into a bad flu but I'm actually glad that the flu only came when I started on my part-time work and when my previous major school assignment was completed on Monday...and when there is no counseling practicum this week! Thank goodness or the flu would just have resulted in work spilling over to the next week and so on. For now, it's just getting lots of much needed rest, sleep and some fun and relaxed time these few days before I start working on school assignments and work related reports again next week. I just can't wait for 16th Nov!!

Overwhelmed

It's so ironic to come home from helping a counseling client through her family issues and feel like my family doesn't even exist. These few weeks have been extremely stressful and I don't remember feeling this stressed before in my life actually. Well, I had prepped myself when I decided to take on a full-time study load while working full-time but I didn't expect it to be this tiring. Almost every single weekday is the same old exhausting routine- waking up at 6.30am, going to work, knocking off at 3.30pm, rushing down for my counseling session at 4.30pm, grabbing a quick bite at 5.45pm before starting class from 6-9pm, reaching home around 10pm, bathing and clearing some compulsory readings/school assignments till after midnight, before I can finally hit my bed in peace. Well not in peace exactly, since I've been so stressed that sometimes I can't even sleep in peace. But I've been able to sleep pretty well the past week simply because I'm just so damn zonked out! I don't know whether it's due to the stress I've been feeling lately but I really just feel like crying my heart out right now.

Harry P. overload

This HP themed party by bakingdom is simply wicked! Loveeee the cake!

  

And the paperkit for the 3D owl can be downloaded & printed from 3eyedbear. So cool! Haven't indulged in my favourite craft work in agesss. All because school work has been stealing all my time!