Early morning bus

I’m on the early bus today. I want to make sure I get everything done, as I have a half day leave to go to the Helpers’ Tea at school.

I love this early bus. The roads are really quiet and the bus is quite empty. It usually arrives ten minutes early, so I can nip in to the shop for a pastry. Today, I’m going to pick up some things for a picnic after school.

I tend to read on the bus (and often sleep, in fact), but I am feeling the call of the pen (well, the digital equivalent, anyway) and thought I might use the (rather neglected) blog to answer the call – for the moment at least.

I don’t know that I have anything much to say, though. My urge to rant about educational policy is still there, but I have to consider others before I put any of that out there. I don’t cook much any more, so recipes are rarer. The girls are more aware of the blog, so I can’t talk about any parenting issues, or even much about the parenting highs.

I could talk about the changes in my work-life balance since going back in-house (mostly better, but with some loss of flexibility issues). But, well, wouldn’t that be a bit dull?

I will, at least, have some book reviews soon. I’ve been reading quite a bit ob the bus, and would like to share some of those with you. And we’ve been sent a lot of lovely children’s books, that I’d like to at least round up, if not do full reviews or funky videos.

Who knows whether I’ll manage any of that, though. I may just go back to reading and sleeping on the bus.