13.1 in 12

So for those of you who don't already know, I'm running my first half marathon on the 8th of March. Preparing for this beast has been less than easy, especially with the massive amounts of snow we received about two weeks ago--it put a HUGE damper on my training since England goes just a bit loopy when even the slightest bit of white stuff hits the ground. 

I ran 6 miles  this morning for the first time in a while and I'm a bit tired; not good. I'm hoping that the running 'gods' will help me through the 8th and I don't fail miserable in front of my friends. At this point I'm simply going for finishing, proving to myself that I CAN do this! 

I had my first parents evening last night and I succeeded with flying colors! One of the parents told me that their child didn't mention anything about any other teacher, but said that she really liked me :) It was reassuring knowing that I'm not a complete failure at this job of mine.  This week is going to be a bit stressful since I have a heap of marking to get done before Friday/Monday. On top of trying to train...well it'll just have to get done. 

Dublin was incredible. I didn't get to Cork for certain reasons (which was fine), but went to Co. Mead instead. Tara Hill--not just a golf course (though it looks like that from the road)--I'll leave it at that. I got to see Joyce's house, Wilde's House, The National Gallery, The Temple Bar, Siffy on the Liffy (as they call it--basically this giant needle-like structure in the middle of the River Liffy), an Old Abbey (out in Co. Mead), and a huge protest against the government and their issue with taxing the working class (nothing new there). It was great to see Jay again and I'm hoping he'll make his way to England at some point (as I told him, he'll have the opportunity to see MK and all it's glory...haha). All pictures are up on Facebook.

Time for yet another day at work! Hoping that my lessons go as well as they did yesterday...