It is half term, which inevitably means time to write my assignment due the Monday back from holidays. At least this is the last one. I've had the normal first day of work for it, which in short is not much at all, which is leading me to think that I should probably give up and consider tomorrow a new day. In the meantime, I've turned my thoughts to next year, when these holidays, to the most part, will actually be holidays...
Last year, I was forced to take a holiday every three months due to the fact that my visa ran out and I needed to leave and re-enter the country to extend it. Oddly enough, I didn't complain too much about this - it was rather nice to take a few days away somewhere, relax and look around somewhere new. It also offered something to look forward to when work was tiring and I was feeling a bit stressed. I'm now being given advise that during my NQT year, adopting a similar policy would be wise - especially for the October half term and February Half Term (I've been told these are particularly rubbish times, which I don't find hard to believe given my experience this year). Hence, I've been joyfully making plans...
Here are some of my initial thoughts - any recommendations or willing co-travellers welcome!
October: Geneva, Berne and Zurich by train - was thinking about this for past February half term but it didn't work out.
Christmas: Weekend in Dublin before heading up north to Belfast for Christmas.
February: Back to Belfast and then travel back to Bristol from vaguely "up north" England, maybe Durham.
Easter: Hopefully Pwllheli for New Word Alive. Shall be looking for people interested in going on Week 2 in due course...
May: Probably few days in Oxford.
Should be enough to keep me busy. Most of it is laid around getting time to go back to Belfast and taking detours on the way there or the way back, but definitely a couple of big escapades to keep me amused...
Last year, I was forced to take a holiday every three months due to the fact that my visa ran out and I needed to leave and re-enter the country to extend it. Oddly enough, I didn't complain too much about this - it was rather nice to take a few days away somewhere, relax and look around somewhere new. It also offered something to look forward to when work was tiring and I was feeling a bit stressed. I'm now being given advise that during my NQT year, adopting a similar policy would be wise - especially for the October half term and February Half Term (I've been told these are particularly rubbish times, which I don't find hard to believe given my experience this year). Hence, I've been joyfully making plans...
Here are some of my initial thoughts - any recommendations or willing co-travellers welcome!
October: Geneva, Berne and Zurich by train - was thinking about this for past February half term but it didn't work out.
Christmas: Weekend in Dublin before heading up north to Belfast for Christmas.
February: Back to Belfast and then travel back to Bristol from vaguely "up north" England, maybe Durham.
Easter: Hopefully Pwllheli for New Word Alive. Shall be looking for people interested in going on Week 2 in due course...
May: Probably few days in Oxford.
Should be enough to keep me busy. Most of it is laid around getting time to go back to Belfast and taking detours on the way there or the way back, but definitely a couple of big escapades to keep me amused...
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