Rachel Bailey

@joanne_godding Amazing!

@Gwenelope Yep!

G’mornin. Anyone else in the ‘FFS it’s the weekend and I’ve been body-clocked at 5am Club’??

@MissJLud Having read the below tweets it seems we might owe her a payrise!

@MissJLud Not identical but maybe transferrable. My mum pays a family friend £5 to walk the dog for a couple of hours. No idea if that's the going rate but...

How much would you pay a teenage dog sitter for 5 hours dog sitting? Genuinely no idea what's expected these days for such things! They've said up to us but don't want to get it wrong! Important non-edu question I know....

@adhd_ffs @AskADHD "I don't need this so I won't buy it"

@adhd_ffs "I am on top of everything right now and everything is running on a reasonable timescale" "No I didn't forget" "I heard you the first time"

@HecticTeacher @lovepookiecat That's so sad for everyone; for you that your trust was broken and for the students who don't get to benefit from it anymore. No doubt thoughtless behaviour with big consequence that I entirely agree with

@lovepookiecat I was, especially as I only realised when I went to get myself a snack and it wasn't there. I will be speaking to the classes that were in there yesterday and the reward draw is no more.

I know I should have known better, but to go into today and see that my reward drawer has been stolen from whilst I was out yesterday has really disappointed me. It was completely full on Tuesday when I left, today 90% has gone.

@PGreenlees 5 ft 7, I have the opposite problem, especially sleeves

@downtownmauve @AskADHD And give the cloudy bit a rest. If I have to do it now I try to motivate myself with a reward, that and caffeine (if you drink it), caffeine helps my brain focus and push on a bit longer but then I need a few days to recover if I've had to push through 2/2

@rachabailey @AskADHD Idk what you just spoke out my brain, this is the exact burning sensation i experience that you termed into words. How do you deal/cope with it?

Does anyone with ADHD feel like their head is burning terribly, as if just a particular area of your brain has been set on fire and have lesions, especially more when you're trying hard to focus? #askadhd #ADHDwomen #adhdtwitter #Neurodiversity

@downtownmauve @AskADHD I mostly try to be kind to myself, forcing through it just makes me frustrated and I make more mistakes. If I can I do a different type of task eg. something more focused, something creative etc. to engage a different part of my brain 1/?

@brassoteach Probably my clarinet but whilst I'm at a decent level, I don't think expert level would have come very easily to me. I think I reached my top level for my natural skill and personality

@HecticTeacher It's definitely not a nice feeling *hugs*

@rachabailey I know what I need to cover in those lessons but there are a couple where it is going to be very tight to cover the remainder of the content.

In a bid to feel more in control I have worked out my lessons to the end of term. It didn't help!

@HecticTeacher Haha I do as well! I'm known at work as the person with painkillers and it's 99% down to cologne 😂🙈

@rachabailey I always make sure to carry some with me these days 🤣

Been procrastinating by sorting and organising today and came across some photos of my eldest niece who will be 18 next month. She was born at 27 weeks and weighed 1lb 5oz. My Nana and mum went on a knitting and sewing frenzy to make clothes that would fit her

@HecticTeacher There was also a good amount of kölsch and food!

@HecticTeacher Yes that was entertaining! Although probably more for me as you were in pain

@HecticTeacher PS. You are awesome and you are one of my teaching role models. Our time in Cologne made a big impact on me and I cherish it as a friendship I really needed after my own bad experience in schools

I also found a picture of me, pre breakdown when I was slimmer, blonde and braver. This was taken in New Orleans when I went on holiday alone. It is one of few photos of me that exist and I don't mind too much.