This is exam week

This is the exam week and I went into it thinking - hoorah! no preparation. But to my astonishment after being in the LRC for about half an hour looking at nothing much, I suddenly feel absolutely quaking with nerves for my students. How to manage stress? Well, I intend to spend Wednesday morning digging up the allotment. Nothing could be better for dealing with pointless stress. And after that I've got the exam marking. Actually, it was the thought of the marking that suddenly had me quaking.

Tomorrow I have a speaking exam to assess and then my own candidates to administer - no teaching.

Look at my allotment! I could dig it forever without making much impression!