Day 21 - Lots of Zoom classes

Thursdays are my busy day, in terms of work, these days. I had a chemistry lesson at 10am, a staff meeting at 11.40am, another chemistry lesson at 12.30pm and three individual student meetings from 2.45pm. I enjoy teaching on the Zoom video conferencing app. However, it involves a lot more teacher talk than classroom teaching does, so my voice was quite tired by the end of today!

Thankfully, today was another lovely, sunny day. The feeling of warm sun on my skin does wonders for my mood! Orlaith rang in the afternoon, for a chat, so that was a nice catch up. We’re all trying to take more breaks from working from home, as you can end up spending too much time on your laptop otherwise.

I cooked a lovely, healthy stir fry for my dinner today. I was feeling inspired as I was attending my first Slimming World meeting on Zoom this evening. Mum and Fiona attended too and it was hilarious! One woman had the meeting on her phone’s Zoom app while she was out and about delivering pizzas! She asked the group for directions at one point. And another time, we saw her opening and eating a sweet right in front of the camera!

Mum gave me an Oasis clothes voucher for Christmas, so I ordered some clothes online during in the week. The clothes arrived today, along with a new wallet. All these little treats are like little rays of sunshine in my day.

I went for a run in the evening. Me and Fiona have started coordinating our runs so that we can chat on the phone while running - almost as if we’re running together. I’m enjoying my new “within 2km” route. It takes me out along the Blarney Road, into the countryside, and there are very few people out that direction as there are no shops or anything out there. I had to stop and walk after about 2km today however. I think my body is tired from my return to running this week after a two week break, and my sleep has been a little bit disrupted recently too. So, I was happy to listen to my body and just to enjoy being out in the fresh Spring air! Being outside feels like such a luxury these days.Read more