Its my last day at work tomorrow. My contract isn't being renewed for financial reasons and I don't have another job to go to. It seems there is a shortage of science teachers but no one knows where...

I considered doing a big fancy lunch for my last day but just couldn't be bothered in the end and packed a tin box with some bread, a tin of beans, two pieces of fruit and a cereal bar. Its so dull I'm not even going to post a photo of it.

It made me think about a lot of things. My boyfriend thinks I'm ever so slightly nutty for turning my riceballs into Jedi ninjas or my carrots into bunny shapes and I don't think he meant it in a cute and endearing way either. Looking at today's lunch it made me realize that having a cute lunch makes me a happy bunny and the "normal lunch" I packed for tomorrow is dull and boring. Imagine how depressing it would be to open one of those and see the same sandwiches, apple and biscuit that you see everyday...

It also made me think about my job, in the two years I've been there its been stressful, traumatic and I lost my life totally - for all those people who think teachers have it easy with all those holidays you just see the amount of hours we clock up the rest of the time. I was feeling quite upset about leaving but I realized that the thing I will miss the most is packing my happy little lunch at the minute I have time to eat and enjoy it as the year 11's have left and my timetable is only 1/2 of what it should be if I were to go back in September it would go right back to the whole going twelve or more hours without food because I'm too busy to sit down and eat. It made me realize that maybe its not such a bad thing to be leaving after all...

So what am I going to fill my blog with while I'm out of work? Well I guess I will still pack the occasional lunch to eat while schlepping around town looking for a job but I thought I would spend some of my free time trying all the recipes that are in my to-do list and coming up with some new ideas for when I do start working again.

Until that time, keep everything crossed for me...