The Fifty Ninth Republic - May Half Term beckons

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You are most welcome to this school staff support thread to get us through stressful times. It is meant for school staff only – a sort of room of requirement for school staff to let off steam.

Baiters, haters, goaders, and bashers can jog on somewhere else.

If you are NOT staff and just have a general education query please start your own thread.

Do not give the staffroom password to non-staff as it attracts the wrong sort of crowd.

Other requirements for staff room entry include the ability to find the staff room, the ability to find a clean mug in the staff room, knowledge of the photocopier codes, and the ability to sniff out where the booze is stashed - Thirsty Tuesdays, Fizz Fridays now in operation. Do not sit on the chairs and do wear a mask. Finally, upload your covid test results twice a week on Wednesdays and Sundays.

Vaccine floored me after the second dose. Tiredness and headaches are the most common symptoms felt apparently. The second dose I had brain zaps and felt like I had flu for a week.

I've only had one day off ill this year so didn't want to spoil that so just worked through it. Previously I had awful attendance thanks to surgery and stuff so I'm feeling quite pleased to have proven I'm not a sicknote specialist this year.

Oh and I got a mildly threatening letter about ds's absences this school year. They take them as a percentage. I was like hmm didn't think he'd had much time off so checked the record and he's actually had three days off but because there were less possible days for attendance it comes out as a bigger percentage. Twats. Fancy sending a threatening letter for a child having had three days off school in a year.

I was very tired ~48h after my first jab (Pfizer) but wasn't sure if it was just end-of-term exhaustion. DH was cold and shivery for a couple of hours after his jab (also Pfizer) but no other effects.

Oh that is awful @TheHoneyBadger.

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@noblegiraffe I would have to respond that I’m a great kisser!

This thread is taking somewhat unexpected turns....

Do other threads do things like this?? Can’t exactly see it happening on Data, can you @Piggywaspushed?

No not really!!

Hmph well go to the Data thread then where they don’t care that you had an exciting real life meet up that you’re refusing to discuss.

@HarrietDVane

I was very tired ~48h after my first jab (Pfizer) but wasn't sure if it was just end-of-term exhaustion. DH was cold and shivery for a couple of hours after his jab (also Pfizer) but no other effects.

I was knackered after my (first) vaccine (moderna) but it could just have been end of week tiredness. This has always been the thing about this virus, that I wouldn’t notice if I’d got since the symptoms are pretty standard to ignore and crack on going to school (who’d not go into school with a temp/sore throat/cough pre pandemic?) and now I can’t even recognise vaccine side effects in myself since they are also teaching side effects

Omg my US email counterpart with no taste is at it again.

I can’t even recognise vaccine side effects in myself since they are also teaching side effects

This is how I feel!

OK, so, honey and I had a lovely lunch (well, the meat on both our plates was a bit ), chatted happily, I was late as I took a wrong turn, very early on in the conversation I referred to something quite personal about me (NOT embarrassing-type personal, OK?!!) which I thought I’d mentioned on the thread but apparently haven’t, so then ended up telling my life story, well some of it. We had Child portions, which were very adequate!

Is that enough for the happening-starved crowds on here?

What the hell is that, noble?

It’s a t-shirt, MrsH.

I can’t imagine a U.K. version.

Is that enough for the happening-starved crowds on here?

God no. I want answers to the Guardian questions 😂

I want doesn’t get.

I operate on a need-to-know basis, OK?

Didn't we all start planning a get-together on a hill, last year?
There was mention of guitars and camp-fires and all sorts.

I have spent much of the day looking at theatre tickets but not booking any. Living with philistines is distressing.

@JanFebAnyMonth

I want doesn’t get.

Sorry, mum.

I booked Ed Gamble tickets for next year yesterday. I love Ed Gamble.

Even though it’s next year I felt a little frisson of risk in booking.

I going to see Adam Buxton in a few weeks. Need to make some other fun plans.

I didn’t have any side effects after second Pfizer jab six weeks ago but am knackered beyond belief last few days so maybe end of term and Pfizer combo?

I was toying with Comedy of Errors outside in Stratford but then I thought... rain.

And The Mirror and the Light ill be in London. But then I thought, how much????????

Three of my a level students are planning a trip to London including to the Globe. They said "we wish you could come". Me too, ladies!