Gcses 2019 support thread 5

Oooh, good luck mytle. Please keep us posted

Dd stayed the night at her friend's house whose birthday party it was last night, as no trains are running here due to a strike. Not entirely sure how she'll make it home, friend lives an hour's drive away and we are all at work. I told her that could be her challenge for the day. She is sensible and will categorically not get in a taxi, so no worries for me that she gets in a dodgy one. Today will be a lesson in bus timetables and local geography as she puzzles out an alternative way to get home

Dh has already left for work. Ds needs to be in for 10 (he works as a chef at a tapas bar type place alongside being at uni). So it's just me at the kitchen table with coffee and laptop...
It is very, very strange not having to chase Dd out of bed and off to school in the mornings....

It's prom day!! Wish me luck and place your bets on timing of prom related mini melt down....

Dd is sooooo tired but not sleeping. I don't think she can switch her mind off. She's going camping with friends tomorrow for a couple of nights so I'm hoping all the fresh air (and hopefully exercise) will exhaust and relax her so she finally sleeps. She's been on a very thin fuse the past few days, i think a change of scene will be good for us all!
We bought tickets for a musical to mark the end of exams, she was very pleased!

No parties either. Some friends met up on Saturday afternoon, outside somewhere or the other, but he was back by 9pm. He has joined a gym though (not the free on that lambuffy suggested (sob), he nixed that on the grounds that he wanted to go where his friends go), but he did join one that a friend apparently goes to regularly with the plan to go with the friend.
On Friday I went out and bought some baklava. There is a shop not so far from us (about 20 minutes walk) that makes plates of all different kinds and it is a lovely gift if one is invited out or if one has guests. DS is very partial to it. So we had baklava for dessert on Friday night to celebrate.

No parties here but her mates all piled round here whilst I was at work for pizza and board games (they know how to live!!!)
I am so lucky - no sick to worry about!!!

for end of exams I bought a nice choccy cake, and he got to choose food. He chose a kebab!

He hasn' been to a party, they all fizzled out, I think parents all said no!
But a close friend has a birthday this week, and they are apparently going to a nice restaurant. I'm not sure if any adults will be present!

Ds refused to go to a party as it would be kids who had stolen alcohol from their parents and necking red bull and vodka. Said there was no way he wanted to be part of that.

We haven't done anything special today for end of exams. We are going out for a meal at the weekend as a family but what Ds really wants is to just switch his brain off. He has been revising since year 10 for all the tests and year 10 mocks all the way through year 11 with both November and February mocks.

We haven't had a holiday since last summer only a quick weekend away and due to GCSE stuff but also a huge work project for Dh so we are looking forward to Ds's choice of Florida in summer.

Thank you for all the suggestions, I will see what I can do. I'll let you know if anything was well received

DD is off on a preparation for A-level French exchange tomorrow.....so not much chance for partying!

Dd2 has been to two and has another one this weekend. It's been great as its taken the onus off me to plan anything.

Is my dd the only one who hasn't been to a post-GCSE party? Dd has plenty of friends but is happy curled up in bed watching Stranger Things (again!) in preparation for series 3 which is released on 4th July.

DS left for zante with his A level cohort 😬

I’m sat watching gossip girl😳

I've got a load of teenagers in the house whilst I'm trying to work, playing crap music and stealing the WiFi. I'd rather go back to the exams!

Well done! Is that everybody finished now?
Also struggling here having the weird feeling of too much time & our of a routine, coupled with suddenly exhausted! She held it together really well but is sleeping so much now.

Bake a cake?

Thrilled

Dd is thriller anytime I agree to watch gossip girl with her

Dishing- how about a handmade card or a letter and a small bunch of flowers ?!

I have been reading some of these as my DD is in year 10 so I am wondering what it will be like next year!
Good luck to all that have taken exams this year and hope you get the results you want

Thanks for replying. She was promised some work with her sister locally but its been quiet so no hours have been offered yet. She's going out with her sister tomorrow to go shopping and she can choose any restaurant she wants for lunch, I can't go I am working, but apparently she's upset I didn't do anything now, as in today, when she got back from the final GCSE.

I will definitely tell her I am proud of her when she comes downstairs.