Finishing year 13 in 2017 part 2

Good luck Horse and Lineys.

Victoria Wood just always nailed it!

I am actually looking forward to DS going (sssh, don't tell him!) so I can have a rest - I actually do mean that bit seriously. I am knackered and also have an op next month, so want to prepare myself for that.

Errol, I'm meant to be having a hysterectomy in the next few months. Which sounds like a sketch from the much-missed Victoria Wood.

I promised myself that when the kids finally left home I'd have my teeth sorted and my dodgy uterus out. Either that or a toyboy in Magaluf who's not particularly fussy

Have you got plans for what to do with yourself, Liney?

Bit of a wobble here today, but packing done. His dad (ExH) driving him up tomorrow morning. It's all a bit unreal.

I will actually be on my own. And I don't think I'm going to like it.

Last major shop here tonight. And apparently tomorrow all ds needs to do is throw some clothes in the bag! Erm, good job mums sorted most other stuff. Off Sunday morning here. So tomorrow will be a packing and sorting day for last bits. Think it's just hit him as I mentioned something for Monday night and he said "yeah no worries i can...oh god I'm not here am I? " I'm sure his bottom lip quivered a bit , but didn't say anything. Gulp my boy is leaving home ...

Hairdryer and straighteners have vanished in this household too.

Yesterday I mostly did laundry.

The laundry that apparently didn't exist the hundred times I asked about it previously.

I certainly won't miss that.

Mine asked for a hairdryer last xmas in anticipation of going, and not having time for her curls to dry naturally. its still in its box and I bet she forgets to take it.

DD is taking my hair dryer to uni. To be fair, she does use it more than me, so I'm not saying anything.

DS nicks my hairdryer ono - luckily for him I have a nice little spare he can take with him!

DS is home and has had a marathon shop for clothes, in fact the assistant told him she'd never come across anyone spend so much time in a changing room. He is a bit stroppy so I am biting my tongue as I think this is due to nerves and tiredness after travelling for a month. I am not going to miss him nicking my phone charger or hairbrush, nor will I miss tripping over his shoes in the hallway.

Tobee it's a gorgeous campus. I want to go.

User - that sounds like just what you need at the moment !

an early start here as well when we go, we're expecting a lot of traffic.

We're both nervous now; we've been tipped over the edge by some badly infected insect bites and so an appointment is to be booked at the new GP for Monday and have medicine from the pharmacist to stop the infection getting into the blood stream.

Oh Bath Spa,HSMM! Ds's oldest best friend is going there! It looks really attractive.

HSM, good to see someone worrying about the kind of random thing I worry about

2 more sleeps here!

DD is making the most of her last few days and has had a packed schedule, finishing with taking her DBro out for dinner on Friday night

We are set for an early start on Saturday. Ds is getting nervous but also excited. The count down is nearly over.
I am not sure how he will cope if the wifi is poor! 😀

Tobee why do they only give us half the story

3G is rubbish at Bath Spa, but wifi is good.

I obviously jumped the gun because of the hassle dd had in Germany. Sorry all.

DS has shown me I misunderstood the email. They need the Ethernet for tv and gaming and should have wifi for other stuff.

Just wondering, if they've only ethernet could they set up their laptop (connected via ethernet) as a wifi hotspot to allow them to have their other bits connected wireless? I had a quick google and I think its possible, though maybe tricky depending on which OS, and I don't know if it would have security problems.

This is why I get so cross with modern laptops. Every new laptop I get is worse than the last even though more modern and more expensive. Eg I am often in hotels abroad working and need to attach an ethernet cable and the new laptops don't have that so you have to buy an adapter. Secondly I am always having to attach my laop top to 20 y ear old hotelprojectors to give talks so need a VGA port and yes the modern lap tops don't have those either so I have to carry two adapters for that with me. They rarely have CD drives these days - I can just about manage with that but it just seems you get less and less because it saves the manfacturers money.

I hope my twins' halls have good internet. it is so vital for stuff these days. One of mine going on Friday has actually packed today with my help - it's all in the hall. It also means tomorrow when he's out all day will not be a rush in the evening in getting the stuff ready.

I am glad those already there have settled in.

As in the halls only let dd have a tiny internet usage allowance.

Errr I think the hall provider is the uni? Not sure.

It just seems to me that they are kind of stuck to cables rather than moving about the room (fortunately his room is tiny!) He has laptop, phone and smart tv and maybe iPad. Quick look on amazon and you can get Ethernet adaptors. DS is out so will decide which is suitable.

Dd had Ethernet in private halls in Germany which she found annoying and thought Germany was technologically backwards!! But she also had a tiny amount of usage per month and then you were stuffed so she's a bit jaundiced.

Well - ethernet is faster, more reliable and more secure. I wouldn't want to do my work over wifi. But those things don't matter too much for normal use, and do tablets and phones even have any sort of network port?