Thread For Boarders

[morethanpotatoprints]

Just thought I'd start a support thread for those either starting this september or established boarders happy to help those with many queries.

There are quite often individual threads for particular schools but it doesn't necessarily say whether boarding, day, private or state in the title. So I thought this would be a good way of getting us all together and also for those people from overseas looking for particular types of schools.

My dd is starting in sept and will weekly board, atm I am gathering uniform and other essential items and will begin the labelling process soon.
I do quite like this as sad as it seems, I find hand sewing very therapeutic and relaxing for some reason.

Can we resurrect this thread. My girls are gone and I am finding it so very hard. It was their choice both of them. Well we gave a number of options and they chose from those. Two different schools in differentt directions, which is just about manageable. One is year 9 and one year 7. I am finding the loss of the younger one the hardest. They both seem happy but I miss them desperately. Big fat ugly tears every day. It is just myself and my youngest and the pets at home now. DH is away at until Xmas but myself and youngest will go and see him soon for a week and we will all be together over the whole of Christmas. The girls can come home at weekends. The oldest mostly does want to but the youngest would rather stay in as there is lots going on. It is only 24 hours home really though by the time sport is done on Saturday and back in on Sunday evening. Really missing the chaos of family life. Not missing the cooking though, have lost pounds as me and the kid just have cereal for dinner most nights!!