Fell asleep on the sofa when I got home from work today. That's SO not normal for me. Especially after a solid night's sleep last night (albeit with sleeping tablet aid).
My CPN is still off work and I have had no suggestion as to when she will be back. Not blaming her - I know she had no desire to break her ankle - but the "continuity of care" I am supposed (I think) to have is non-existent, and with the end of my sessions with the psychologist heading ever closer, I could use the support right now. Without it I am in danger of ignoring and burying things, and I know that is not good.
Work is going well in that I am enjoying the lessons and they are successful. However, I spent my non-teaching lessons (when I needn't have been in school, except for the fact that I had a split day) planning lessons for next week. It took me two hours, with help for the last ten minutes from a friend, to plan three Maths lessons in preparation for taking those up again next week. It then took the other hour to plan four English lessons for next week. I still have to plan one (standalone) English lesson and all of my ICT lessons, though the latter will not take long. Plus I have some reports to do, Feelinga bit scared.
On the positive front, I am meeting my friend Helen for a cuppa tomorrow. I have been out of touch with her for a while, because of the depression and hiding away. However, I met her for lunch last week and we had a really good chat (quite a bit of mutual complaining about husbands!) so I am looking forward to tomorrow.
I need things to feel easier again.
Thursday, 21 June 2007
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You must need the sleep or your body wouldn't be telling you you do.
Am hoping it will get easier as you settle in to being back. Is there no stand in CPN until yours gets back that you can offload to?
Enjoy tomorrow, hugs, Katie,x
Thanks, Katie.
There's no stand in CPN, no. I have been told to call the head of service if "my situation deteriorates", but what I want to do is talk to prevent it deteriorating. My previous interactions with her have not been positive either, to say the least...
Hopefully I will be able to catch up on sleep this weekend. Just starting to feel like I am fraying at the edges...
HI Caroline....I don't know how the school system works in the UK. Do you have to teach all summer, or is it coming to an end soon?
what is a CPN?
I'm crashing and fading a lot lately too.....my sleep patterns are all out of whack, which doesn't bode well for maintaining some kind of routine that's for sure.
perhaps you could talk it out on here while you wait for the CPN to return....let er rip!!
Hi Dana
Term ends on the 20th of July, so the end is in sight - it just seems a while to reach it yet!
A CPN is a community psychiatric nurse. In my case she is also my key worker and care coordinator, but there's not much care to be coordinated at the moment. I may just have to bite the bullet and get in touch with the employee counsellor again - she was good, but I have been holding off a bit.
Sorry you are having problems sleeping too.
It's Friday today, thanks be to God...so perhaps you'll be able to draw breath this weekend, and rest a little. Still praying x
Thank you Kathryn.
Yes, it was good to finish at lunch time today (courtesy of my phased return), even if I did have to go and pick E up from school at 3. The upside of doing that trip is that H is picking our younger daughter up from the school summer fair, which I am skiving!
I'm intending to ask H to take younger daughter to her course tomorrow morning instead of me - since he has managed 4 lie-ins this week to my one.
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