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So today was the induction day for the 1st years and senior prefects play a huge roll in that in my school. And despite my brain going to war against me yesterday, I actually had a great time!!!

I was in an hour early, because I am an anxious little fuck, which ended up making it all the better. I got to chat to my favourite staff members and teachers (If you are not making friends with the care takers in your school, what are you doing?) and I got to get so much work done and check out the new building in my school (the one that was built specifically because of the accessiblity issues with the rest of the school, which means that the door in this building can actually fit wheelchairs so wheelchair users can go into more than 2 classrooms ((took them long enough, 2 wheelchair users have come and gone from this school, doing the whole 6 years)) and all of the signs have braille on them, which was so exciting, mainly because its accessible for any future low vision students, and selfishly because I'm trying to teach myself braille)

Because I was there so early, I got to perfect my spiel, and gather updated resources, so by the time that the rest of my team got there, I was running point and they were able to follow my lead. I was the person who got to welcome almost every single new student + their guardians, direct them to the sports hall where we gave the opening talk, give them a quick run through and be their first source of encouragement (and several members of my team were very thankful to me for, in their own words "carrying" them)

I got assigned to such a lovely class to mentor, and the tutor for that class is the whole school's favourite teacher (I also helped her to decorate her room and it is the most beautiful, feel good classroom in the school). All of the students were so friendly and loads of them felt comfortable enough to open up to me about their worries and fears, and some of them were even cracking jokes, assigning themselves as my adopted little sisters🤣🤣🤣(slanted laughing faces)

All of the workshops were so fun, and I got to just have the craic, while also working (the dopamine and seratonin were so high that I managed to go the longest on my feet that I've managed since my health started declining)

So many parents recognised me from different things that I've gotten involved with, from running the English department's section of the open day, from different community events, from my mam's business, from around the town, and one of my neighbours (The biggest sweetheart) had been pouring her heart out to my mam about how scared she was for her son to start secondary school, but when she saw me, she was so happy and was exclaiming SO joyously to her kids "Look, its (deadname) doing the welcoming" and she was practically bouncing!!! She is the most adorable person when she's so happy, we all love her to bits.

And during the parts where I wasn't needed, me and the rest o the senior prefect team just hung out having fun and lending different teachers a hand with different activities.

And everyone was so appreciative. All of the teachers were raving about us (including one of the vice principals who told me that there was "No better woman for the job" in reference to my work), and I came across the caretakers talking about me in specifics, and when they saw me they were so nice and were saying that I need to go for head student next year, and bigging me up and all🙈🙈🙈 (monkeys hiding their face to reference the blushing) and one of the SNAs (Special Needs Assistant)* was saying how she always meant to catch my name with all of the "great things" that I'm doing around the school and she was DRENCHING me in compliments. And a load of parents were talking about how grateful they were to me and how I'll be coming back as principal in twenty years time, and specifically pointing me out to the principal and all.

Overall, it was absolutely INCREDIBLE!!! I was in my element, I was riding the high of the energy and I got to help so many people, which made me feel so good about myself, and because pharmaceutical painkillers don't work with heds, all of my pain relief is based around either holistics, heat pads, or creating enough happy hormones to make my brain dull the pain. So I got to do what I love, have a great time, make a load of people so happy and have the lowest pain levels that I've had in a LONG time (I didn't even notice that my feet were torn up from being on the go in brand new shoes, or half of the patella subluxations)!!! This was AMAZING!!!

Also me the whole afternoon:

(image ID, minions cheering ecstatically with joy)

For "health and safety" reasons, students can't use the lift without a teacher supervising them, and they can't spare a teacher to go up and down in the elevator with me every day (twice on Wednesdays), and so when my mam was collecting my brother from school early for an appointment, she asked the receptionist if there had been any progress in getting me permission to use the lift, because it's been a month. The receptionist is the one who sees me when I'm at my worst in school, barely conscious or shaking like a leaf with pain, so she got pissed!!! She rang the vice principal, was practically screaming at him down the phone about how "This young girl shouldn't have to dislocate her knees every day to get to her Irish class!!!", she TORE into him!!!

Today my year head met me at the lift both before and after Irish so I could use the lift, and during my Irish test (which I think went really well), it was decided that from tomorrow onwards, my class is downstairs for Irish.

If you got the points that you wanted, ✨CONGRATULATIONS✨

If you didn't get the points you wanted, it's okay. You have options:

1. You can appeal

2. You can retake the test next year

3. You can apply to a different course

I was at my first senior prefect meeting 2 days ago and because of that, I am Buzzing and here's why

I got to meet people that are going to be in my year!!! I'm skipping a year (TY is optional)

The rest of the senior prefect team is SO nice!!!

I got assigned a 1st year base class to look after with one of my best friends!!! I get to be a senior prefect with Liam and I am SO excited!!!

When we were making the art for the noticeboard, the girls that did TY were telling me all about the year group, and everyone is great (most of the dick heads dropped out once they reached 16)

The girls showed me how to access my timetable before school started (my parents are really bad with technology and can't use the app that the school sends everything out on)

I FINALLY HAVE SOMEONE THAT I KNOW I ONE OF MY CLASSES!!! She's so nice aswell and she's the one who showed me how to access my timetable and was giving me the scoop on the year group.

I get to keep my old history teacher, and I get to have her for English as well!!! We get on great and love having the chats about history and she was almost in tears when I made her a candle at the end of last year.

I get to have history and English in the same room right after each other, not once, but twice!!! I don't have to move to another classroom for 2 hours because of this

My new tutor (the teacher that does all of the admin stuff for my class and that is assigned to us for reports and everything like that) is supposed to be lovely!!! One of my best friends had him last year and says that he's the best.

Biology is right after tutorial on 3 different days so I get to start of the day with biology (best way to start a school day is with a maths or a science subject, it gives you a way better headspace for the rest of the day)

More reasons that I'm excited about that going into 5th year that I knew before Wednesday

I got to drop all of the subjects that I don't like!!! No more bullshit!!!

My old year group was known to be the shit head year group. My school is the one where all of the scandals happen, and all of the big scandals (and most of the police calls) were because of my year group. And I'm FREE OF THEM!!! ("free of them" in all caps)

I'm getting the correct accommodations for ADHD this year. They said that I would have them last year, but they just forgot about me so 🤷🏻 (shrugging emoji). I still had some accommodations, but they forgot about some of them

I'm getting accommodations for my physical disabilities too!!! I'm going to have a card where if I'm in too much pain or if I feel like I'm going to pass out, I'm able to just show it to the teacher and leave class, go to reception where I can get a break and get electrolytes or painkillers (doesnt work for the HEDS pain, but it works for the rest of my stuff)