My final placement has finished. No more will I have to endure getting up at 6am and staggering about the house for fifteen minutes just to wake up. I’m off until my proper job starts in September so expect to be completely nocturnal by then.

Kids are strange. You fall into three categories - people the like, dislike or couldn’t care less about. Being in the first category is a handy way of keeping them under control, and it’s weird the way they’ll decide if they like you or not. Sometimes they decide you’re likeable simply because you don’t shout at them all the time.

Now I have a week to put all my files in order, sort through the work I should have done six months ago and generally make sure I am ready to have everything assessed. I see a week of typing and organising ahead of me; dividers and sticky tabs have been bought for the occasion.

My new school are holding an induction day at the end of next month. In fact a lot will be happening next month as I need to find somewhere to live again and then move. Currently I’m on the scrounge for things to put into an empty house - handy things like tables, chairs and settees.

I modified an old hifi to have line inputs so I could connect it to my XBox. I’ve written about it and included photos on my Wiki. Follow the link to read more. It was good fun doing this mod since I didn’t really know what I was doing