I've found a quiet little work station for myself, a store room tucked in a corner of the Mac Lab which, God be praised, is air-conditioned. It's actually used to keep all our multi-media equipment, but all that stuff goes into two steel cabinets, and I have a large desk in the middle of the room to work from.

This is so, so much better than the staff room, which is overcrowded and noisy, and you're within talking distance from your boss. Here, I am isolated, I can do my work in peace, and really come up with some decent lesson plans.

I'm stoned this morning though, physically and mentally exhausted by a sleepless night. Woke up at two and tried everything I could to get back to sleep, but nothing worked, so that right now I am literally forcing my eyelids to remain open and my head to stay upright.

Can't function like this.