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Read over my last application question answers and they were pish so I've pretty much redone the whole thing from the ground up.

Still a few questions to finish tomorrow but tapped out and enjoyed some wine out the back then going to enjoy some lager beer once I've took the dog out.
 
Give me strength.

December is usually great in work, not this year so much but we're doing our best given what we can actually put on for the kids. One is a competition for them to decorate their classroom windows with a Christmas theme.

I've spent the best part of two weeks shooting and clipping together the kids doing the work and the finished windows. It's turned out pretty good and the kids and parents have all been giving good feedback since it went live yesterday. I didn't have to do this, the boss asked if I would and I agreed, I've spent probably 5+ hours on this during breaks, lunchtime, non contact periods and editing it at home. Staff are aware of this.

I'm working from home today, it's 5 minutes before the school day is officially finished and I get a text from a pal.

"Hey JBJ, the support assistants are annoyed that they can't vote on the window competition, you only put a poll on the teacher's MS Teams... not ours..."

Subtext: I've ignored them because they're not "important" like teachers.

I usually wouldn't let shit like this bother me but as far as teachers in the place go I'm extremely respectful and appreciative of everyone from the janitors and office staff up. On account of my brother and many friends doing this job in other schools I'm probably the support assistants biggest advocate against management and the local authority. I've properly stuck my neck on the line for them collectively and a for number as individuals over the years - I can picture them sitting in the staff room having a go at me about this???...


"Hi x, I've nothing to do with the vote, I was asked to do the video and I did. I'm WFH today but tell anyone that's moaning to come and see me tomorrow, I'll gladly explain to them that I don't have access to your team so couldn't have put a vote there even if I was supposed to. More pertinently, it's a vote for THE KIDS, the ones that did all of the work, not the staff, facilitated by registration teachers, hence why it's on that team."
 
Looks like I have corona. Met a friend of mine last Thursday who has now tested positive and I've developed symptoms. Cough, achey and shivery. Good news is it's pretty mild again, like when I think had it in March. Hopefully it'll clear up in a couple of days like it did then.
 
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Looks like I have corona. Met a friend of mine last Thursday who has now tested positive and I've developed symptoms. Cough, achey and shivery. Good news is it's pretty mild again, like when I think had it in March. Hopefully it'll clear up in a couple of days like it did then.
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Mojo, hope it goes away without much trouble. Did you get tested?
 
pmc100 said:
Looks like I have corona. Met a friend of mine last Thursday who has now tested positive and I've developed symptoms. Cough, achey and shivery. Good news is it's pretty mild again, like when I think had it in March. Hopefully it'll clear up in a couple of days like it did then.
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Completely missed this post. Mucho mojo! Hope it’ll pass soon
 
Test came back positive :eek:

Still think I had it in March which is not a great sign for long term immunity. I suppose I should apply Occams Razor and assume I didn’t have it then after all though
 
Glad you're feeling better. Given the mutations it's not surprising you can catch it more than once, it's the same reason no-one's ever immune to the common cold.

Personally I wouldn't be surprised if it's been in the country for way longer than given credit for. My son and I were really rough for a few days between Christmas and New Year last year with some of the classic symptoms. The wife got it worse for two weeks in January. Covid supposedly wasn't here then but a week before Christmas we'd all gone to a concert in Birmingham where we stayed right next to China Town where a load of people had just come back from China after spending Chinese New Year back home with family.

Maybe a coincidence and unrelated, maybe not, we'll never know.
 
Chinese New Year is at the end of January, but yeah, lots of travel between China and the UK was normal before this kicked off
 
Fair enough, I just remembered it being mentioned on the news at that time that there was a particular reason for a lot of travel to and from China just before then and assumed it was Chinese New Year, my bad.
 
What you would have had is lots of Chinese students travelling back and forth when the UK uni's were closed for Christmas. It's the same around here, there are a lot of Chinese students. Or there were :embarrassed:
 
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Merry Christmas and all that jazz. It's a bit odd being 2000km away from my family, we spent Christmas here before, but then it was a choice, now not so much :embarrassed:

Still having a blast with the GF and drinks though :grin:
 
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