Sunday

I overslept! Luckily I haven't made any arrangements for today so the day is my own to do what I please. So far I've had breakfast (scrambled eggs on toast, a baby orange and a mug or two of coffee), checked my diary (definitely nothing on today!), and made of list of things I want to discuss at the band committee meeting tomorrow night. And that's it ... there's nothing else that desperately needs to be done so, once I finish typing this post, I am doing nothing! My book is ready and waiting for me, I found a cuddle blanket when I was looking for the missing sheets (but didn't find the sheets!) and I just need to close the blinds until the sun moves round to the back of the house ... I'm all set!

Strictly speaking, doing nothing isn't true as I'm thinking. A couple of comments yesterday (from Joy and Mary-Lou) helped clarify my thinking about doing a couple of hours of music lessons every week, so many thanks to both of you. Joy mentioned that I won't be dealing with school politics and restraints, and Mary-Lou referred to me 'returning to work'. Reading the comments was a bit of a light-bulb moment for me as I realised that in my head I categorise this potential teaching as an extension of band, which is just spending time doing something that I love and don't in any way see it as 'work'. The lack of school politics and restraints is a biggie to consider as without those impacting on life I would probably still be teaching, although maybe cutting down the workload. I can also choose who I teach, so won't be in the situation of trying to teach a child to play an instrument just because the parents want it - I've had to do too many lessons where the child simply didn't want to learn and the parents wouldn't listen ... not much fun for the child or me! I suppose the next step is to gauge the level of interest in blocks of private lessons and take it from there, but I think it's a 'yes' to teaching for a couple of hours after school every week. I actually feel quite excited about the thought of it!