Tomorrow, very early, we're due to go to Spain for a week's holiday - flights booked months ago when they were cheap & DH knew that we'd be working through the Summer - in fact, we haven't had a family get away since 2010.
Older DS - fine - looking forward to it. Will be preparing for Uni exams but is fine - says being away may help the revision.
DS, 17, giving me hell over this - we had to go much further to a self catering place that we hoped (so much more petrol for hire car) as he insisted he needed wi-fi. (Teachers say he doesn't - that you can revise for AS exams with books and past papers - he says otherwise - long running battle in this house - ). Now, he wants to stay while we are away. We're not happy leaving a just 17 yr old in the house and older DS wouldn't like to be without his brother. And, frankly, DS does precious little study - sits on his PC, saying he has to - oh, it's a long story and I'll come on here for support in the New Year, if that's OK ...
Anyway, I feel terrible. Work punishing hours, low pay, DH recently lost his job - (after flights booked ...) - feel in need of some rejuvination.
DS complaining about everything - the quality of the laptop we'll have to bring - the fact he'll be coped up for 6 hours in the apartment while we're out (says he's been told to spend this long everyday studying for January exams). He cannot be positive - can't see how tired DH and I are - really giving me a very hard time.
His study skills are appalling and we need to work with school on that - we know that if we left him here, he would do very little - and, anyway, we don't want to.
We can't cancel flights - could only transfer to another time but that involves huge admin fees (the cost of the actual tickets!). DS had been Ok about going away - now the panic is setting in (finds some subjects very hard) -
What to do? I feel so low - when I should be looking forward to tomorrow. Thanks,
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DS, 17, VERY reluctant to go on holiday
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IssyPeach · 26/12/2012 19:48
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