A Learning Curve (of the mountainous variety)

I Just foudn this post and it was never finished but i think that it should be posted in the interest of capturing a moment...
So this has been one of those weeks. A week of mountains rather than undulating hills, a week of tiredness and bad moods (possibly due to last Saturday night and the hangover that endured longer than it should have) a week where it seems that possibly all that could have gone wrong has gone wrong. But it is Friday. And I am still here and relatively unscathed. This week I have been juggling my BYTES committments, including producing a 37 page instruction booklet for their Digital Portfolio project, with the committment to my student teacher, my Year 12 students (one class who are preparing for a SAC, one class who have just finished), Year 12 correction (of the aforementioned SACs), and a myriad of other things that crop up unexpectedly in the life of a teacher.

A BYTE Anyone?

It seems that old chestnut is true - it never rains it pours. Melbourne weather alone at the moment would suggest that is the case but there is also so many things going on in my life that are making me wish for finer weather.
Life at school at the moment is busy. The first round of BYTES modules are coming to a close which means that new curriculum is being written, subject selections are being done, student and staffing allocations are being organised, and we are also having our BYTES students complete a Digital Portfolio. All of these things are my responsibilities under my (undefined) role as BYTES coordinator and so my head has been full of nothing but BYTES for the past week with no end in sight. But I am plodding along and things are getting done. I am half way through the student manual I am producing on Digital Portfolios (8 hours later) and I have organised a PD night for the BYTES teachers on Digital Portfolios and how to construct them so that they are able to facilitate students during the Digital Portfolio workshops I am planning. Despite the amount of time it is taking to complete these tasks I am loving it. I enjoy the creation and curriculum side of this job. I love the opportunity that it gives me to branch out and try new things and to give my other skills a workout. I am lucky that this week has largely been free of work and planning for my year 12s because both classes have been preparing for their SACS.
To life outside of school things have been okay. My sister is still living with me until another mate moves in and then she will move home to try and save money. At the moment we are cruising along nicely although I am getting a bit grumpy lately and I dont know why. I think it may be that I was used to having more time to myself than I am getting these days because my sister is home more than my brother was. At any rate it will be nice to be living with a guy again in a couple of months. They talk less and grunt more and that is fine by me (in fact I prefer that really)!
Other dramas in my life? Apart from me dropping my phone in the bath last night and possibly destroying it (okay so I was bathing and removing nail polish and trying to answer a text message)(multi-tasking at it's finest!) things are pretty calm with me at the moment. On my own again after a short and rather dismal dalliance (and now I dont even have the dalliance's number due to said bath water incident) and loving it. It certainly is preferable to be on my own than in the hands of a loser and I just need to remember that whenever I am in doubt!
Mostly I am just concentrating on having fun. Going out with friends and having new experiences. This year like last year is a learning curve year. Actually I hope that all of my years are learning curve years from here on in. Cause if learning curve years are all as fun as this last year has been I am sure to enjoy them!
What a strange and random little post this is...