Class of 18. No need for new school shoes

Marmite - sending positive vibes ( am such a cool mum!) for your op and recovery.

marmite hope all goes smoothly with your procedure and recovery.

DS says he is feeling OK in himself, but is already struggling a bit with attendance and workload. The volume of required reading and level of assignments has stepped up quite a lot since first year.

Marmite very best wishes for the operation today ( I think it is today?)
Gin it is just miserable, but she will get through it, that is if they both definitely want to break up. Maybe she doesn't want to after all.

Ds1 seems fine. His working practices and sleep patterns are not really to my liking as an interfering mum but he seems chipper and this is the main thing. He came back twice for the London Film Festival and talked animatedly about all the films he watched including a version of Henry IV?? It is some comfort to me that he knew enough about Shakespeare to understand some of the context/genre, which he certainly wouldn't have pre A levels.
He went back with no warm clothes in September, but it was only in October that I was able to persuade him to finally clear his room of the warmer items cashmere hoodies, and his fleecy bedspread.
No sign of any relationship yet, I think he is just at the stage of learning to make friends and enjoying socialising. Which school did not seem to offer sadly.

Sorry to hear about DC feeling lonely and sad. It's so difficult to try and help them feel better from a distance.
Letting them know that they're not alone, and that many others will be feeling the same as them might help.

I think my DD1 would have struggled last year if she hadn't joined a club very early on which kept her busy and gave her an instant group to belong to.
There will be new clubs and societies starting up all the time - they really are a good way to meet kindred spirits.

It's still early days for them.
The recent break ups obviously aren't helping, it must be very hard.
My DD2 has ended things this week with her boyfriend of 2 and a half years. Im heartbroken for her, but part of me is relieved it's happened this side of Christmas to give her chance to get over things before her Alevel exams and the whole uni thing.

Poor DD is still struggling with her break up. She has made some nice friends at university, and socialises with them during the day, but on weekday evenings they don't go out or go to bed early. It is then that she feels lonely. I have had her in tears on the phone a couple of times now.

She likes her flatmates, but half go out without her and the other half stay in their rooms in the evening. It's tough being the parents of a fresher who is feeling sad.

I'm glad to hear that the girl has got some family support.

DS is trying (attending lectures, has started new job, visits friends in their flat) but I suspect he is a bit lonely, and not really moving on from the relationship that ended just before he left. They message each other daily which doesn't help.

That's a relief Ursula. Let's hope housemate's mum can sort her out.

DDs troubled housemate has been taken home by her mum. I’m so relieved as she was starting to cause serious concerns. I kept asking them to involve her parents as you hear so often parents saying ‘If only we’d known’.

The rest of them have cooked a Sunday roast. Happy Days.

Marmite
Hope everything goes well with the op and managing the diabetes. You have such a positive attitude which, I am sure, will stand you in good stead over the coming weeks.
ds has a cold and is feeling very sorry for himself. Everything seems to be going well in his shared house and they are cooking together which saves time and money. The weather is still pretty dismal (lots of rain) and he says the house is cold - apparently he has to put his jogging trousers on in the morning! Am not sure where he got the idea that he could sit around all day in autumn in his boxer shorts and not feel a bit chilly!

Good luck marmite. My mum has diabetes brought on by steroids, she manages it without too much trouble.

Oh Marmite you've had so much to deal with already, life is so unfair sometimes.
Hopefully this will be the end of it and you can enjoy Christmas and beyond worry free.

We're on half term next week and I mentioned to DD today that I might pop down for an afternoon to visit.
She replied that she's extremely busy and will have to let me know
I think she was hoping for less contact time this term and has ended up with even more.
I'm still going to go though - and I'd like to see her refuse a free lunch!

marmite
Sorry to hear about the health challenges; as if you haven't already been through enough.

Oh gosh Marmite. Good luck with the operation.

There was a thread on here a few years ago by a woman who reversed her diabetes through diet. It was very interesting.

DH has type 2 but takes tablets.

I hope the op goes well Marmite and that it does give you peace of mind.

The diabetes is another blow but it's not in the same league as what you've had to deal with so far. MIL has type 1 and to be honest is clueless. Supposedly no-one ever told her what her blood sugar readings should be so she took them and wrote them down and that was all there was to it. I googled it which is more than she did in five years and discovered that her morning reading of 15 was Very Much Not Ok. I am certain that you will make a better job of managing it than she has done.

Good luck with the op Marmite. I’m sure I would do the same.

DM managed type 2 by diet for many years. She didn’t find it too hard, but MIL has found it impossible and is now on medication. MIL however does not believe that fruit has lots of sugar because it is good for you, and has been know to eat a punnet of grapes in one sitting. She does not eat veg either apart from in soup. 🙄

Oh Marmite. Good luck with it all.

DS2 is 17 next month, his provisional licence came last week. He seems so much younger than the other two but I don't suppose he is really!

We went to see DD at the weekend and she is happily in full swing with her term. She will spend reading week visiting her friend in Oxford as usual, so despite the coach actually passing within sight of our house (literally) we won't see her then.

Oh no marmite. You have had enough to deal with already. Good luck

Perhaps she's been reading the Brexit threads!! DD1 is home next weekend for DD2's birthday. We are lucky that she is only an hour away on the train so quite easy to come home. DD2 is going to be 17 so we have all the joy of driving lessons again.

Then on the 16th I am having my other breast removed for symmetry and peace of mind. This is as long as I can get my sugars down. They diagnosed me type 2 diabetic last week which was brought on by the steroids during chemo. So I am try to get my head round all of that.

Hopefully by Christmas I will be all sorted and have a good one this year!!

Has she forgotten they have shops in Cambridge? Or is she stocking up for Brexit?

kitten it is hard to have a less than promising start.
Once she is there and properly settled it should be easier.
Is she staying in college this year?

All the siamese I have known talk non stop and follow their humans around intelligently.

You have described our family cat to a T
All my friends used to say how amazed they were at how friendly he was. I adore cats, and so did my dad so the cat was used to having loads of cuddles and loved human attention.