I’ve been a bit (very!) quiet on here recently. This is for a variety of reasons that all come together and mean I’ve been very busy, and the blog has been a bit neglected.

The good news, is that one of the things I’ve been working on getting finished is the book, and that was self published on Amazon and went on sale yesterday (link here). It is very surreal to see an idea I had when I started this blog come to fruition. It has much, much more than the blog and has allowed me to develop ideas, add research and put all the information that we needed when our children were growing up into one place.

The other reasons are helping our youngest revise for his A-levels (by helping, I mean passing lots of cake, apples and chocolate and trying to persuade him to go through past papers with him), a fabulous new job, and, last but by no means least, completing and submitting my first doctorate assignment.

The assignment was a reflective piece about teaching, education and how/why I ended up doing an EdD. This was a really interesting assignment to write, and looking into my own square peg status was eye opening and cathartic. I read research about adult women with ADHD (either self diagnosed or medically diagnosed) and how we need to keep doing more and more until everything comes crashing down. I disagree with this, and I feel that I need to keep my plates spinning as a way of keeping myself balanced. If I have too many, then they may come crashing down, but having the right amount of plates to spin means that my brain is focused and I get more things done.

I feel a slight shift in the blog too – while I will keep blogging about children, education and stories about my life, I think it is a natural progression as my children become adults to look a the adult square peg too, and share some of the things I find while I study over the next couple of years.

Please comment/message/find me on social media if you have ideas or requests, and I will do my best to cover them. I have been quiet on here for a while, but this is one of my most important spinning plates, and although it has been a little slower recently, I’m back, and I’m spinning again!