The Crepe Papers

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Did it!

Wow Herbs, go girl!

I had a similar fuse-lighting a few years back - for me, the "career that got away" was Art Restoration. Scientific analysis, practical work, able to "freelance" or work flexibly....it ticked loads of boxes. I got as far as visiting an open day (London Met, I think) and spending an afternoon with a friend-of-a-friend who worked at Hampton Court Palace restoring tapestries and clothing, and it was fascinating. But at the time I just couldn't see a way around the mortgage, the childcare, the commute etc. etc. so the fuse fizzled out.

But you are local to the study location and have a flexible work pattern, so NO EXCUSES! (getting quite thrilled on your behalf).

Gotcha!

Ooh yes, art restoration would also be marvellous. And literacy teaching, though its less clear how to break into that area...

Herbs, do you mean an English teacher (not sure what it is called now, but suitable graduates can do a years paid on-the-job training)?

AIBU to continue theme of utter laziness in cooking for, well, the foreseeable future? As long as veg are involved somehow?

No, MI. As long as each meal has a protein, a carbohydrate and a vegetable, that is sufficient. Preferably not always chips and peas. And not pasta twice in one day. They're my rules.

BTM, I'm not entirely sure what I mean. Helping adults or children with literacy, but with children it seems you have to be a teacher first, and a literacy person second, and with adults I can't make head or tail of how to qualify, in what, where, for how long, or what I could do afterwards!

herbs/btm, when i looked you could do a diploma in lifelong learning that would enable you to work with adults without being a qualified teacher, one year with a college and one year with IoE if doing part time. as far as i could tell no funding though. i was thinking about self funding but doing it part time so that i could work (ha!) as well. x

Herbs - what is a SALT - (I did Google but can't seem to find it).

Good for you, Herbaceous! DS3 has a wonderful SALT - he is fantastic. The single most useful professional who has ever been involved with DS3 in all of his nine years on the planet.

Hi all - is it time to go home yet? - had a shit week, and a very bad Friday..... (hangover not helping...)

However, have interview for a job (woo hoo) and have run 'grand plan' past my boss who thinks it is a runner (basically I take over his job when he goes....)

Herbs - sounds fab! Go for it.

Oooh, well done BD!

My day has been OK, although there have been a lot of discombobulated little people around me (which started with my own DC this morning!)

Am pleased to have a week off, but am wishing we didn't have to trek 5hours on Sunday afternoon to my DMs

BD, things might be looking up?? :)

Hatty - Speech and Language Therapist

I must put more words on the page

Herbs - that's a brilliant idea! How exciting. SALT can be so fab and fascinating. I had it as a child and both dd and ds2 have had it too - ds2 had major speech delay and pronunciation issues. Can't blardy shut him up now and his speech is clear as a bell. There was a Desert Island Discs not so long ago which was a speech tutor and therapist who worked with actors and other folk - she was so interesting about the voice and its reflection of the personality. When I used to argue with my sister, before she stopped talking to me completely, my throat would literally close up and I would be unable to force any kind of sound out (thus always letting her have the last word ). Speech is terribly emotionally driven.

Just in case anyone is free - I have a spare ticket tonight for a play reading at the Vibrant Playwriting Festival at the Finborough (West Brompton) at 9pm - dh just decided he's too tired (ie he forgot he said he would go). Anyone want to come? I think the subject matter may be a bit grim given that it's called Male Prisoner Category A, but if you fancy a harrowing Friday night out...

Crossed posts, BD. I think taking over from your boss sounds like an excellent plan, and with a bit of screwing your courage to the sticking place, I'm sure you would do brilliantly.

Interesting voice coach Patsy Rodenburg here

Alas, I am incarcerated while DP frolics on the Austrian mountainside.

Wilbur, thanks for offer and sorry I can't make it. Admire people who can cope with having their guts wrenched recreationally, I tend to play safe on a night off nowadays, though did go to Macbeth recently.

Glad to hear good news on work front from lots of crepeys, and people aspiring to a fresh start. Maybe I'll be re-invigorated after secondment

Auriga - from the title, I think the play might be a bit of a busman's holiday for you...

Am going to try and see Enough Said this weekend - maybe even in he afternoon one day as the kids are at in laws .

Ooh Wilbur thanks for all that inspiring talk! I may have to use you as a case study for my application form! And I'll listen to Patsy R too.

I had a hideous boss once, and my throat constantly had a lump in it. When I left, so did the lump.

Herbs - that sounds fascinating! You must go for it!

Herbs - now i know what that is I think it sounds fab (and feel quite jealous). Really annoyed that I'm stuck in France and my only retraining option is English bloody language teacher!

Good luck.

We need to get the idea sold further up the chain, but it's nice to know my boss doesn't think it's completely bats :)

Very tired here... Quiet weekend!!!

Dd1 is being foul. I let her stay at home on her own this morning, asking her to do a very few chores in return - Hoover the kitchen floor, take out the compost, empty the recycling. Gave her LOTS of warning we were on our way back from DD2's dance class so she could get on with it Came back to her flinging Hoover around. Offered to do the recycling. She shouted at me that I was just trying to make myself look good by doing the easy bit. I said in that case sure, she could do the lot. She has stomped off to her room and slammed the door.

I HAVE to take her with us to the supermarket later as otherwise DD2 will complain, quite legitimately, that she has to go and her sister doesn't (don't want to leave them both at home and also could do with a hand) tbh I don't want to engage with her while she is vile. Advice? Obviously also if I do leave her she will get the message that if she is vile she gets her own way.

I do not madly want to go to Aldi either, dammit.

'Fraid you have to take her to the supermarket and get her to help, even if she does it with such bad grace you want to weep. You're right that if you leave her at home, she'll think that door slamming is the way to break your spirit. If you manage to get round Aldi without WW3 breaking out, then maybe a small treat in the shopping basket might be in order? for you and for dds? I'm finding I'm having to revert to toddler taming with the pre-pubescents - lots of "it's fine to feel cross and upset and to express that, but it's not fine to be rude/slam doors/make everyone else responsible for your gloom". Repeat ad infinitum. At least ds1 and dd no longer bite people.