The Life and Times of Me

On Wednesday I went to visit an Osteopath about a crick I had in my neck. No one warned me it would be so painfull. I still have a crick but it is a lot less than it was. I was asked to return for a further session next week- which will have to be my last session for the time being (its £40 for half an hour).

I had an interesting afternoon on Tuesday. It was my first paid session with the expelled kids. I knew they would be bad but I don't think I was prepared enough. Three kids showed up (two boys and one girl) and were accompanied by two teachers. They turned up late and then told me they would have to leave before I had anticipated. I couldn't get them to standstill and listen long enough to tell them who I was, why we were there and what we would be doing that day. The two boys started "playing" with the tools before we got to the work site. Once at the work area they messed about (we were cutting up a fallen tree), they had very sort attention spans, they tried cutting down other trees, they tried climbing up the fallen tree (which was very unstable and was still attached over a metre above the ground and was at the edge of a very steep slope).

So does anyone have any ideas about how to handle these kids? I would like them to know what we are doing and why we are doing it but I can't get them to listen long enough. I would like to do some positive work with them- putting up barn owl boxes, teaching them rural skills.

Yesterday... I became chainsaw legal. I didn't get full marks for the maintanence section (which is sort of what I was expecting) but I did almost them for the felling. So now I can chop down trees more quickly and not in a TB stylie.

posted by Amy @ 10:53