@Judi9877 Good evening! Sounds like you've had a busy few days. 

I went back to work today after two weeks of holidays. But it was even bigger than that. In 2023, I quit my job as a high school teacher due to severe burnout and moved interstate. I couldn't settle on a career where I wasn't a teacher and so, after 6 months of bouncing around jobs, I took a job as a Kindergarten teacher in a day care centre. 

I needed to come home at the start of this year and accepted a teaching position. Last term, I taught small intervention groups, my teaching load was reduced and I only worked four days a week. This term, without really asking me, I am working five days a week, I have been moved to a grade 5/6 class and my teaching load has increased dramatically.

So today was my first day back in front of my own class, it was my first day of a full teaching load and it was my first day back from holidays.

I woke at 4 am and nerves and anxiety told me I needed to plan and prepare, so I did until my alarm went off at 5.45 am. It went well though - I did at one stage question whether I am going to be able to manage an increase in days and an increase in teaching load. But we shall have to wait and see on that front.

I've come home this afternoon to deep clean my house because I have a rental inspection tomorrow morning, but I will be at work so it has to be done tonight. Mind you, it isn't very messy, considering that I just moved in two weeks ago. 

But busy busy...