Remember last year when I did my Swim Teaching Level One course? Well, in less than two hours I'm starting Level Two. Essentially, this will qualify me to do what I'm doing, but also to get a paid job. That's quite cool to think about. I'll probably be the youngest on the course- the minimum age is seventeen, and I am not quite seventeen and three weeks. It's quite intense as well- 5 hours on a Friday and 8 on each Saturday and Sunday for three weeks. Plus of course there's the whole meeting new people, and teaching whilst being assessed, and all that jazz. However, I am really excited to learn more, and to get better- I really want to give the kids I teach the absolute best! Nervous, very nervous, but that's understandable, especially considering how busy and tiring this week has been!
Just for a general check-in- it's been a long and emotional week. There have been many tears. I've reached a point of being able to worry about and get upset about everything and anything. However, I know that this is because I'm tired, and because it has been a big week. Though there's part of my mind that thinks this is bad and that I'm getting ill again, I'm doing my best to reason with it. I'm human, and that means that there's going to be weeks when it feels like everything's going wrong. The best I can do is to cut myself some slack, talk to people and share my stress, and get more sleep.