went to my first coaching meeting - which was about how volunteers can get involved in sports coaching in schools - looks / sounds good...need to think now how i am going to fit this in - its something i really want to get involved in but logistics are going to be hard...
have a couple of options to consider - i really want to get involved in helping out with tennis or badminton - or climbing if thats a possibility - as thats also something i've done a lot of - the tennis and badminton are less sure ground for me cos although i've played plenty as an enthusiastic participant, i'm less confident about my ability to coach...and the simple fact is those sports are less in demand 2helping out wise2 in manchester. Also the guy leading the session mentioned demand from some special schools - helping out with their sports development - this is safe ground for me as i've worked in special schools a lot in my previous job - although the pure coaching bit would be much less there - more all round development of physical abilities - but then - the help they're looking for will be most likely in the school day - which will be hard to fit in with work...
Seems that most of the folks there were students - i work in a uni - and the programme attracts mainly students looking for opportunities for cv enhancement - good idea i think - but i was surprised to find few staff...
Also - news! I have S6 at my place tonight!!! anyone reading will have read that to date i have been returning home to spend time with S6 overnight while W spends her nights with OM - and this has been the only way i can see s6 - who - from this point forward I will call H, and while this has been great - i have found this state of affairs very difficult to deal with...
anyhow - tonight - i got home to do my stint as my W was due to go running and then to pub no doubt with OM and then to his...I bit the bullet and said that i thought we had agreed for H to come to mine - and although there is the small issue about heating - i have none! i have portable heat and assured her I can make sure he's safe and so I have H here...we've played, laughed, done more house jobs etc etc. I love him more than words can express - he's so inquisitive and excited about the world - wants to know everything right now!!! Get this - i had to explain the meaning of exchange rates the other night - cos he heard that the pound had moved cents above or below the dollar and so ...well - how do you explain that to a 6 year old - anyway - as luck would have it he had bought 50p worth of strawberry bon bons! So we ended up thinking about how things would work out in Strawberry Bon Bon land if things got more expensive if someone from the uk wanted to go visit! It stretches my brain more helping him sort out the world than work does! And I love it!!!!
Got days leave tomorrow - hopefully a chance to get some serious house sorting done - and Saturday also - and then...Sunday - am doing a mini- mountain marathon with W!!!
We'll be good at it - we combine well together with that sort of thing. but of course - and I'm well rehearsed in this by now - I have no expectations - and actually i don't - I'm simply looking forward to it.
KBO - GFI
Me: 40ish W: 40ish Together: 20 ish years Married: 10ish Years
