A final attempt to publish this blog - why are things never better after an "upgrade"?
Yesterday, when I wrote this originally, I had been struggling with the dilemma of whether to send in the top squad for our next swimming gala (early June) in an effort to retain the trophy and our standing or...?
...or to let some of the other children of the school get the chance to compete, hear the roar of the crowds, experience the fear of letting people down (which is only in their heads!) for the chance of the thril of victory.
I am fiercely competitive.
Ask the children I teach and Thing 1 & Thing 2 at home!
I find the idea of not sending the top squad quite difficult. And yet...