One Ro, Many Roads

Dear Peeps, This week should have broken me. If it had been 6 months ago, it would have. Yes, I am about to air some dirty laundry but it is my blog so I can. An amazing, kind and loving person in my life died. I had to walk into palliative care on my own and say goodbye. I love you MJ. The Magpies can have the flag this year. I was assaulted at a school football game. I was pushed multiple times by a parent. How is that ok? I visited my favourite people,the police, to report the assault. I waited 3hrs to get in and it took 2hrs to make a statement to be told it was not high on the priority list, and he was not sure what he could do. Ummm get the CCTV and follow up on the name I gave you. Oh and do your job👮‍♀️. More memories of my sexual abuse have risen. Sickening and sad and much worse than I thought. One other thing I can't discuss. I finally said goodbye to someone special. If my actions don't show my feelings for them, then it is time. I should be sitting in the corner r...

Dear Peeps, As you can tell from my posts and social media , I am a little different. I like to interact with the world. I will stop and talk to anyone on a whim💫, I will let a homeless woman sleep 🛌in my hotel room on a freezing cold night and I will fight the good fight 🥊if I believe injustice is occurring. People find this strange and because it takes them outside of their comfort zone, they make negative comments to try to bring me back to what they believe is "normal". I have had family and friends say things to me like "You're an embarrassment", "You really should not post that stuff" and "People are laughing at you". I am glad I have such good relationships with these people that they feel they can share anything with me but what they don't realise is we have that relationship because of the type of person I am. If I was "normal", they would never feel safe to say this to me. They would be too scared by my reaction.😱...

Hey Peeps, Today I want to talk about something that’s been really on my mind for a while; teachers . Or, more accurately, what teachers are "expected" to do every single day. Spoiler alert 😉 we just want to teach. That’s it. That’s all. But sadly, life in education has become a multi-tasking circus 🎪 and honestly, we’re all feeling the burnout. First off, let me clear one thing up: teachers don’t want more pay 💰. Nope. We want less workload. (Yes, less. Not more.) Because we’re constantly drowning in paperwork 📝, admin forms, meetings 🗣️, and a million other things that pull us away from what we really love; teaching. You see, we’re not just educators. Oh no. These days, we’re practically social workers 🧑‍⚕️, data analysts 📊, social media marketing geniuses 📸, and sometimes even stand-up comedians (okay, maybe not that last one... but I think I am funny😂). And for what? Because someone higher up thinks it’s fair to ask us to do all of it. Let’s start with the data...