The first hour after I get home from teaching I like to retreat to my study and sit alone, in quiet.

After 5 hours of 11 & 12 year old kids you get pretty weary! The last few weeks I found that I wasn’t changing gears from teacher to dad very well (“Ellie go and sit outside – don’t argue – right take a pink slip…) so for all our sake its best if I chill out for a little while…

Did I mention that there are 35 1/2 weeks of the school year left to go?