This time of the year...

What is this time of the year at SGO like for me? 
Well, as Gandalf says to Pippin - "It's the deep breath before the plunge..." 
Yes, Maturita oral exams are on the doorstep, but now is the lull...the waiting...and I've never really been good at waiting ;-)
This is the time of the year when most of my lessons have finished - yes - I have lost 10 hours a week since Last Bells came & went... But here at SGO, with 'freedom' comes 'unpredictability'. The regularity (which I get used to, and which I like) has now gone - and what looks like some free time to prepare for Maturita exams can suddenly be taken up with some 'suplovani' :-) But I'm not complaining about meeting new, and often younger, students...it's just that you can't really 'plan' for it - so I improvise a lot. 
But I also miss my classes - I have known most of the students for two years & over that time I have built up some rapport with them. But now it's gone...
On top of this, there is the new building. Almost from dawn till dusk (meaning the beginning and end of work ;-) ) - there is a monotonous drilling (which reaches into the deepest part of your brain, lodges there, and sort of numbs it...), banging & other sundry noises. I guess our 'kabinet' is not so well situated after all :-)
And the sun is shining! This is great news...but not when you're in an office for most of the day. I much prefer to teach...or examine ;-)
So...roll on next week, and let the games commence!!