Welcome to my PAD

PAD = panic attack den

PAD = panic attack den

Well, it had to happen sooner or later. My first sick day in my work experience placement. Day five. I feel shame and pain. I also know I mismanaged myself this week and I feel annoyed that I didn’t stop for self-care.

Today is a write-off. But I know that I’m not.

Hundred word challenge


Tilt the screen to and fro
Until you see the spectrum
Beside the glow

Borders cannot envelop what is free
So why do we build a fence
Between you and me?

Reach for the sky
Touch the above
Always aim high

Listen to the sound
Of wind through trees
Caressing the ground

The red-clothed being
Surveys the path ahead
Questioning and seeing

Habitat appears dry
But search deeper
And there’s life

Tousled hair
Prickly grass
Fuzzy air

Hostile earth
Dividing all
Since birth

Writing one hundred words
Prompts me to remember
An old favourite verse…

A Hundred Lovers by Josep

I love reading your blogs

I’m very happy to see dozens of new blogs on the University of Brighton network. I love reading about PGCE students’ experiences and I’m following the blogs with interest. Signed in University of Brighton students and staff can see the new blogs on their reader. The public can see the new blogs on blogs.brighton.ac.uk/blogs (recent at the top).

I’m also feeling pretty happy as I’ve been invited to a really awesome job interview next week. I didn’t think I’d get shortlisted because I did an embarrassing typo; I said I pride myself on my intention to detail. Oops. Here’s hoping I redeem myself.