Day 290: A Little Bit of Bliss

Can't get over the stuffed animals

Goodness me. It seems I went back in time on my last post (from Day 288 to 287) and now, two days later, I'm up to 290. Can't knock a bit of time travel, eh? Space and time are doing that stretchy thing they do. They really are! The last few days have been SO full, it feels like a few weeks have passed since Monday. 

My group were brilliant again, even though there were only 5 of them (GCSE results); I really could eat them up, all of them. One sixteen-year-old boy in my group was six foot six. He'd have to have been a freezer meal. There's such a range at that age. Some of them look like children and some of them look very much like grown-ups. Now I understand why The Challenge has different-coloured sweat-shirts for the Challengers and the staff. Sometimes it'd just so hard to tell. The first day was packed and exciting. They were so very up for playing, this lot, even with just a few of them. They played every game bigger than expected. It was great. 

I'm still in the afterglow from Wednesday night. I was all happy and exhausted afterwards, almost in a sex way. Still, when work's really good, it's a bit like that. I've just spent a few invigorating hours doing something I love. Why not flush and feel spent? Oh god, you can tell what I've been reading, can't you? Shove it up your arse, Anastasia Steele. Right up.

I'm right, though, aren't I?

On another note, tough, it's amazing the difference in feeling when I say 'it's got to be good - how can I make sure it's flawless' and 'I wonder what will happen if we do...'. The latter is definitely what I'm for. I caught myself willing it to be good as I was on the way there, so I made a commitment to ignore it and be playful and puppy-faced. It worked (for me//most of the time). I loved it. I'm grateful to them for humouring me.

Today, my whole group was back and they did so well. I was very proud of them and feel privileged to have got to work with them. Oh dear, my eyes are beginning to go weird. Just quickly, then, can I just say 'BEST PITCH ACTUAL EVER'. We laughed such a lot, before, during and after. Still laughing, actually. It was AMAZING. There's not much I can say, really, apart from thank you - Victoria Sandison is amazing. The others were too. I still can't quite get over it. 

And today, my group made me cry a little bit by being brilliant and by giving me a card. Lovely, lovely, lovely. A little bit of bliss right there.