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1/6 Due the costs involved and the way that the pay deductions will all hit at once, I& #39;ve only done one day of picketing @leedsucu this week. It was great but exhausting (not least because I am like a ping pong ball). So, this is about the other stuff I& #39;ve done, plus some honesty
2/6 I& #39;ve spent the day with an old friend who I& #39;ve kept cancelling on due to being pooped/busy, I& #39;ve spent an entire morning in bed feeling ill, I& #39;ve gone on 2 little and 1 medium run. I& #39;m just back from a horse ride. Tom I& #39;m going to see another friend and finally making time
3/6 for an overdue physio trip. I& #39;ve done a fair bit of sorting and each day taken my son to/from nursery in a relaxed way that has meant that we& #39;ve had quality time together doing stuff (like making cake). That& #39;s all good, but I don& #39;t feel relaxed. I& #39;ve had anxiety dreams each
4/6 night. I& #39;m starting to get really tetchy about lost work time and I& #39;m downright angry about some stuff. I& #39;m cross with the selfishness of some senior staff, I& #39;m hurt by and in disbelief at an email the uni sent on the eve of the strike. I& #39;m sick of the & #39;vocation& #39; rhetoric.
5/6 this is a job - you should be able to like (much of) your job without your labour being taken for granted. We should - students, staff and employers, embrace our mutual needs and invest in each other& #39;s wellbeing. Dammit that idea of a zero-sum game really gets to me.
I could go on, but I won& #39;t. So here are some pictures of some of the good things that have come with this week. A final and epic thank you to students who have sent messages of support. You give me hope and that is priceless.
