Still not in Belfast, right first letter though...

Just a quick update on how things are going, I've now been in Bristol for just over a week and I'm starting to feel a little settled, which is good. Particular highlights so far is that I've settled into a good church, and I've been made to feel very welcome there, and I'm starting to feel like I know what I'm doing at work. It's still a bit of an odd time at the moment, I'm working but I'm sort of not - I don't start actual teaching until September, so these few weeks will involve planning for next term and having a rather large amount of information downloaded upon me.

I'm just recovering (I hope...) from a bit of a rough weekend, I've had a bit of a fever and sore joints over the end of last week, and that manifested itself in a rather impressive headache yesterday morning that completely threw off any plans I might have had. It still wasn't completely sorted today, which led to me leading a rather zombie-like existence today. The purchase of some ibuprofen seems to have got it under control, so hopefully will be in better shape in the morning. Just as well, I've got quite a bit of admin to get through in the next few days.

So things are going well, and it's good to have this period of time to settle in, although I'm looking forward to getting my teeth into the teaching come September. Saying that, the thought of 120+ children's mathematics education lying in my hands for a year is more than a little daunting...