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Friday April 6th.
You may notice that the pictures I posted a few days have now been deleted. Those of you who saw them....savour them in your memory. I know it is good to see photos of the people who are important in someone's life. However, my sons are very anxious about their privacy being at stake. They apparently are aware that some folk read my blog who are not really on our side, so to speak. The gossip mongers at my school who tried to cause trouble for me when I was teaching there are still at it...you would not believe it would you? Even after I have left and been gone for over a year, they still try to cause trouble for my family. Andy is still there beavering away and his girlfriend teaches there too. So as I am reliably told, some sad people still read my blog for snippets of information, about my sons, I am reluctantly going to have to leave them out of my blog in future. This is sad as they are so part of my life. But for their sake, I will adhere to their wishes. So in future there will be no intimate secrets about them from the past or present and no more photos. I believe that my Headmaster from my last school reads my blog regularly! Why....?! What can he get from my senile rants and observations on life? Your guess is as good as mine. I would hardly have thought that my musings on life as seen through the eyes of an unhealthy pensioner, would have been soap opera material!LOL! So Neil........I will not be mentioning my sons anymore. If you want to find out what is going on in my son's life.....go and ask him. And you have made a big mistake not giving him that job....you won't keep him now. Will they all jump the sinking ship? That is all I will say on the matter. I think it is sad that the gossips have the time to plod through the blog of an old woman instead of getting on and doing there job...teaching and running a school. I can truly say that I do not regret leaving my last school when I did. I am glad to be out of it, especially when I found out that I was under observation because of my blog. They read every entry going back years to when I commenced writing it. They were apparently told I was writing about the school, certain staff and pupils in a critical manner. As if I would do that? I loved that school, I would never have done anything to harm its reputation. I am a professional not a gossip. My blog rarely mentions anyone except my family. Now thatseems to be out of bounds too. So I either write what I want and go private or be more careful about what I say about my sons...not divulging any private information. As those of you who I call my j-land friends, have never met me and never likely to.....some of you living as you do in USA, I have never considered what I write to have been that important to anyone except me. I write it as a diary and for the perusal of my grandchildren after I have gone. I wish my mum had written a blog as I would have got a lot of pleasure in reading it , now that she is no longer with me. It is a personal slant on my life as I see it. Of course I am going to mention my kids as they are a huge part of my life. When I am worried about them I write down my thoughts. This helps to clarify the situation in my own mind.Some of your opinions and thoughts help me to get a better perspective on the situation. This is helpful to me. When you have no partner and no parents either...who do you discuss the more intimate details of your life with? Not your children probably as they are a different generation and too close for comfort. I do have a best friend Liz who I can talk to about most things, but she has her own kids and her own problems. I write it down in my blog and usually help myself by self-counselling!! I am clearer what to do after I have discussed it all in my blog!! Does that make sense? Anyway, I am disappointed by those nosey rumour mongers ,who read my blog but never leave a comment or acknowledgement, and have upset both my sons. They are indignant and are aware from comments made to them, that information that should be private and personal has become common knowledge. It can only have come from my blog. So well done Neil, Kath, Guy and anyone else from Harlington who has been reading my blog, you have ruined it for all of us. I wonder how I will write now....all the time thinking about what I can or cannot say. If I never mention my sons, then that will be not true to myself as I adore them both and they are a major part of my life. Not sure what to do about this. Any thoughts my j-land friends? I know some of you have had trouble with people leaving bad comments. Have you had work colleagues reading your blog to get information about you and your family? I know it seems strange but is definitely happening to me.
The 14 marines and sailors who were captured by Iran have just been released..thank God. I was afraid it was going to blow up into an incident which would mean an attack on Iran. We want to be out of the area not more heavily involved. Let's hope this blows over without any further trouble.
Good Friday...how many of us realise the significance of today and Easter itself? Another over commercialised religious holiday. Kids think more about easter bunnies and chocolate eggs than Jesus Christ, that's for sure. Still to me it is spring and the start of good weather and holidays. I love the sunshine and already at 8am the sun is shining brightly.....hooray. Breakfast on the balcony this morning I think! I have planted up my new plants and it looks really attractive out there. However, it is not quite warm enough for me yet. The wind is quite cold. I went to Liverpool yesterday after I had returned the boys to their mum. They ended up staying overnight here and were very well behaved, bless them. My new purchases of cheap dvds for kids was a godsend. It kept them happy. I showed them Ice Age 2, which they loved. I was able to watch the Apprentice on the bedroom tv on my own in peace! In Liverpool it was sunny but cold. I got there about 4pm and went straight to the St Johns car park almost next to the theatre. I met Liz in the Queens pub at about 5.15 and we had coffee there before moving onto the Tapas bar where we had a superb selection of dishes. I really enjoy this Spanish style cuisine.
We then went to the Playhouse to see 'King of Hearts', which is a very funny political satire written by the guy who wrote the play about Tony Blair which was recently televised. The cast was good, all verycompetent comic actors with excellent timing. It was a very funny play and toured with Out of Joint, the company who Matt used to work with and directed by his mentor Max Stafford-Clark. It was worth seeing and was a good laugh. It was not such a good laugh getting to my car at 10pm as the car park is only accessible by climbing hundreds of steps to the entrance and there was no lift! I was exhausted by the time I got to my car. Then I had to pay £8 to get out. If I had arrived at 5pm I would only have had to pay £2 as the theatre ticket gives you a car park concession. So I will not be making that mistake again!! I had decided against the train late at night. I am always nervous about travelling at night on my own on public transport....a fear left over from living in London for so long Isuspect!
I have two lessons to do this morning and then no more for over a week as I am off to Chepstow on Easter Tuesday.I am looking forward to my trip to Durham with a coach load of lively pensioners! It should be good fun.I have my own room at the hotel which is great as I did not want to share because of my snoring and insomnia. I often have the radio on all night and get up making drinksetc. No good if you are sharing a room!!
Mind you I will be sharing a room with Nikki in Vietnam. However, I will probably be shattered by the heat and activity out there that maybe I will sleep without any difficulty. By then I hope to have kicked the smoking habit which will help in sharing a room.
I have no plans for today but may go over and see Nikki later. We are having a big turkey meal on Sunday. I am going to my new church first mind you. I do not think Nikki will bother but I feel I want to go after they made me so welcome last week on Palm Sunday.
I am off now to get some toast and marmite with banana....delicious! Happy Easter everyone!
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Dear Connie, I was shocked that this has happened and it is sad that you will have to write with restraint but totally understand that your privacy has been abused. I think you should go private too. Please don't forget to link us to your journal though. Hope you have a lovely Easter. Hugs, Terry x
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Yes, going private sounds like the thing to do in your case. Just let those of us who know are your regular visitors, not associated with your school, and you can allow us to continue to read and visit, while making it impossible for those others. Then you can continue to write to your heart's content. I'm a teacher, I'd feel the same way. I've tried to be careful about what I write, not to get too personal, not to include pictures of staff and students, and I seldom mention my son or include his picture. I do have his permission, though. So, go private and enjoy journaling! Happy Easter. Bea
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PS Connie hope you have a lovely Easter ~ Ally x
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Connie I agree with Barry go Private ~ or perhaps set up another blog and make that one private ~ Isn't it sad some people just can't stop causing trouble I cannot comprehend what pleasure they get out of it ~ Ally
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08/04/07 23:57