Finishing year 13 in 2017 part 2

Left ds last weekend - he moved into halls earlier than his flatmates due to his asd but doesn't seem to have had any problem socialising - unfortunately it looks like his difficulty understanding what is appropriate is making him popular for all the wrong reasons.

Monday morning my fb feed had a picture of him in a nightclub looking rather the worse for wear. One of his flatmates had posted it and tagged him and the nightclub. The nightclub shared it with a less than complimetary caption and wrote a message underneath offering him a free pass for the rest of the year. I was furious they were using his face as an advert for their place and encouraging people to get off their face by rewarding them with a free pass. Fortunately the nightclub took the photo down when ds asked them and after I had sent them (with ds's permission) a rather strong worded message to do the same.

Today he is off to the minor injuries clinic having bashed himself in the sports trials!

Not sure my nerves are going to take 3 years of this, lectures haven't even started.

Oldie, just wondering if either of them is in the same halls as DD Hers is in the city centre

DH had a bad time trying to cancel/change Sky Sports package a month back.

Yes, twins at Bristol in different halls there (one in the same halls my daughter was in 14 years ago there).

Both twins' rooms are utterly tidy like a hotel (except the "furniture" is very old/marked) now and as of about 5 minutes ago my older son's almost is as the Mary Poppins handbag contents of it are now filling two downstairs rooms until we move it tomorrow but that's a different move - not a student move.

Am now going to post office (open on Sundays) to take back two Amazon parcels one twin left for me - last minute ordering and goods not right..... Then I tried to cancel our second upstairs Sky Sub but as expected Sky make it all extremely hard. A few years ago there were some articles that you had to go on on line chat to cancel and the sales staff had a script lasting 60 miutes to take you through... so I went on line and though okay log on and try to change the package at least on line to get rid of the sports bit.... you get right through the steps and if you want to cancel taht bit you can't just click to cancel (why not?) you have to telephone. So i called. They are extremely busy and the hold is at least 30 minutes... so I am not doing that. I will try on Monday. Want to cancel sport and cancel the second box (and they are welcome to have that hardware back). |I bet they make it really hard and also they cock it up and cancel the wrong box and we are left with none - anyway that 's for another day now... just need to get son 1 when back from work or later this week to register to vote and council tax at his new house which will save me £750 a year (I then become eligible for single person discout at very long last as the 2 students don't count).

I think DD's room will look exactly the same when she's gone, because she can only take a fraction of her hoard with her.

The room DS left behind is an utter mess. And that's being polite.

Oldie and User, are yours at Bristol?

M4 was nose to tail towards Bristol as I drove back meanly at noon having dumped him and his stuff.........

Mind you I have just spent 3 solid hours clearing my older son's room with him which seems to be like a Mary Poppins handbag - smallest bed room but with all his possessions since 97 when he moved here.

Hi all, and good luck AuntP.

DS safely arrived at Reading yesterday. I'm feeling quite sad. But he's phoned and texted and all seems well so far, which is great.

OH staying for the weekend so I'm not on my own. But tomorrow will be weird.

The M5 was awful, people we know had to go over into Wales for their journey!

Can they do dishes? Why didn't anyone tell me?

Ah, don't cry you will make me feel like a heartless parent (I can't wait until they all go.....) I think it's probab ly because I've had 3 go and 3 graduate and then 3 come back for years after that I feel a bit differently about it and I have had 33 continuous years of having a child in the house so waiting to throw off the shackles etc etc etc..... Mind you I have never had a child doing the dishes so you obviously have much better children than I have.

AuntP

Ok I'm hiding stairs sobbing as DC are in the kitchen doing the dishes Singig together to Lilly Allens somewhere only we know ! They used to always do this and this will be the last time for ages...oh god!

Thanks guys back seems to have clicked slightly. Spent a few hours alternating between hot and cold and rocking it sideways as previously prescribed by my physio and thankfully I can stand and walk a lot more freely than I could, so hoping driving won't be too bad, especially as I've borrowed my OHs automatic Volvo with heated seats and lumbar support. Everyone up now. DS recovered from his 3am panic and in the shower DD moaning at being woken at 9am on a Sunday ..no change there then! Time for full English pack the car and off. Good luck everyone today. See you for wine later

Sorry to hear that AuntP back pain is no fun.
We dropped ds off yesterday and stayed to help him unpack. He then met some flat mates in the kitchen so we left him to it. He is happy with his accommodation. He texted last night to say his flat makes are ok and that he is definitely the resident geek!

Ouch AuntP, sounds painful and of all the times for it to happen

Oh no! Hope your back feels better soon.

Glad everyone who's done drop off seems ok. And very thankful no one appears to have been caught in that accident yesterday, knew a few were off to Bristol particularly BTM.

We're going to have a fun day. My back went yesterday not even when I was helping DS sort stuff. Managed to get an emergency physio appointment thought it seemed ok. But oh dear do bad I've hardly slept every time I move feel like someone's sticking a hot poker in my back and at 3am I met DS on the kitchen as neither of us could sleep! And soon I have to drive to Preston..

I saw what looked like an accident on the M4 on the other side as I drove home in the early afternoon. Luckily I had left after just an hour or so. I didn't see the point in staying around although I would have had my son asked me to.

Yep, those emergency service workers earn every penny of their wages.

grim.

I've just been reading the news - didn't realise it was so serious.

Thoughts are with all involved and those helping

The 'proposing' was in quotes - she told me that with a big grin, I think that part is pure joke!

Yes, very bad accident. Thankfully we were on the M4 - terrible.

Glad the moving in went well for all concerned

Think traffic was bad on the M5 today due to an accident?