Born to be Wil-i-ild!!

That was a fun day - rather tedious in a way but I managed to make it fun. Spent the day re-doing my CBT test as it's nearly two years since I originally did it and it would have run out on Tuesday, and I need it to ride into work. Shame I didn't plan a bit more in advance, else I could have fitted in all the other bobbins and got my full motorcycle licence done. Hadn't given that any thought really, but suddenly thought "this doing it every two years is a pain, why not kill it off once and for all, plus be able to go on motorways?". Anyway - it's bad timing, need to be studying biology text books, not the Highway Code! It'll wait for the summer.

The guy doing the course today was a real old school looking biker guy - tons of facial hair, weather beaten face, and smoked roll ups. Lovely guy though. He even organised things so I got to have a go on a bike with gears, which was great fun. Wish I'd realised I could do that earlier - I'd have booked it and spent an extra tenner to hire one for the whole day. Not sure why but even on a 125cc geared bike, it still feels more like a "proper" bike. Wonder how much a decent one is second hand, and how much the insurance is?

Anyway, in a way it was tedious, especially the first bit, but it was good practice - slaloming in and out of cones and practising turns on a bit of waste ground. Then back to base for lunch, and then an afternoon spent out on the roads. All pretty routine for me, tbh, a lot easier than riding into work, but I did pick up a few reminders on roadcraft and stuff.

All in all then not a bad day. Got to get the insurance sorted out as that runs out in about 20 days, so I'll start that Tuesday morning, and then hopefully get the medical out of the way and cleared for go ahead with the physio course in the afternoon.

Studying is going well - really enjoying genetics in particular! Thinking baout it though I don't have to do too great - assuming my re-mark doesn't go down, I have 170+ points in the bank, and only need another 250 from the remaining possible 400. The two projects are worth 100 maximum, and the first one seemed to be pretty much top notch. The second one is good, but probably not as strong - say 70%, but that still gives 85 more marks overall, which leaves 165 to get out of 300, which is only just over half marks! I want an A of course, but the B I need for physio is looking like it's a fairly soft target. Not going to let up though!

I have more teaching hours after Easter - we get some year 10 students coming in for the last term. I've actually taken on a smidge more than I meant to, but it fits in well with my existing timetable, so it shouldn't take too much time away from me - and most of the preparation will be the same as for year 11 so no extra work there.

I must get back to some more exercise - I think it helps lift my mood (not that it's been bad!) and provides a work from all the academic stuff. I've got a spin class booked for tomorrow morning already :o)