Once upon a time

Once upon a time there was a little girl called Joanne. She lived in a world of books and make believe; and dreamt of one day becoming a writer, a librarian or bookshop owner. Fast forward a couple of years and things are as  originally planned (although one might argue working in a school, and thus teaching English, means I am inevitably surrounded by books on a daily basis!)

I love my job. I love my kids and the opportunity to be creative. However, I don't love the way it becomes all-consuming; the way I don't have time to do many of the things that I love and that sometimes I find it difficult to remember who I am (when I'm not being Mrs K).

I first started a blog in 2010* when I was on maternity leave. This provided me with a creative output, an opportunity to put my thoughts into words rather than just random noises in my head but said blog soon became a distant memory as the pressures of full time work took hold.

2012: Summer Holidays, an opportunity...

*I contemplated reincarnating the original blog but as it contained a lot of private musings I thought it best to start a fresh- to start as I mean to go on.