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Y13 Summer term: Finishing Lessons, Starting Exams and leaving Sixth Form

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catslife · 22/04/2018 15:07

So our dcs are now on the last term of sixth form, finishing off lessons and starting their exams.
How did that happen - doesn't seem that long ago since they started Y12.
This is the thread where we support each other as our dcs revise and start their exams, finish off coursework, leave sixth form and make plans for what to do with the rest of their lives. This may involve going to uni or other alternatives.
Every Y13 parent is welcome to join in whether new to these threads or if you have been with us for a while - the more the merrier.

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 01/06/2018 08:10

It does feel that way doesn't it. I got dd to write down a list of favourite foods she fancies over the coming weeks. It's all pasta based

OhYouBadBadKitten · 01/06/2018 08:13

That's nice Ursula :) you don't come across as spoiled at all!
My parents were the opposite. As soon as I left for university that was it. No more money. I really struggled as a student. Though I do remember once deciding with my last money for the week whether I should eat or buy a pint

UrsulaPandress · 01/06/2018 08:15

I still have some of my inheritance from dad in a current account. Grandad still pays for all sorts of things for dd.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 01/06/2018 08:34

That's the kind of thing I'd like to do for dd. Yes they need to be able to stand on their own two feet, but they are still family and I'd like to have the sort of family that looks out for each other.

marmiteloversunite · 01/06/2018 08:55

It's my birthday so DD having a couple of hours off revision today to eat cake with me. Already had tea and toast in bed from both DDs so feeling spoilt.

chocolateworshipper · 01/06/2018 09:02

Happy birthday marmite

Icouldbeknitting · 01/06/2018 09:07

Ursula I'm going i to sign off on my will next week so I can positively say that it will all be his when I'm gone (providing he survives me for 30 days). Discussing the position of the hypothetical grandchildren was an interesting experience that I was unprepared for. I expect the bank of mum to be operating on reduced opening hours for as long as he needs it.

I've been on the receiving end of cash for good and worthy things, yes it's nice but also can be a means of control if accepting it means that you lose the decision making power over the purchase. I have declined many offers of help over the years that came with strings attached because I'd rather do without than be told what I should and shouldn't buy.

I am very good with money, my budgeting lessons were learned at university making that grant last all term. My husband went to a local uni and lived at home and missed that life lesson entirely. I would like to say that my son takes after me but at this point in his life he doesn't.

Icouldbeknitting · 01/06/2018 09:10

Happy birthday Marmite, it's mine next week. I have bought myself a wormery, it came yesterday so I set it up last night. The worms are called George, all of them. I am resisting the urge to nip outside and peek in to see what they made of their first meal of shredded envelope, toilet roll middle, tea bags and coffee grounds. Mmm, tasty.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 01/06/2018 09:13

Many Happy Returns Marmite! And to you too Knitting :) Welcome to the world many many Georges!

Just don't whatever you do put your wormery inside if there is an unexpected deep frost.

Icouldbeknitting · 01/06/2018 09:26

It is supposedly an indoor wormery, they might come into the garage in the winter (standing in a deep tray) but that's as close to me as they are getting. We have a council food waste collection so I know that what I gather each week is coffee grounds, tea bags, egg shell and a bit of vegetable waste. I have very little food waste.

The compost bin is down the garden and it's boggy when it's rained so I don't use that as much as I should. If I used the compost bin properly then there would be less cardboard and weeds going out with the recycling, it's just easier to put it out of the front door than the back door. The Georges are living just outside the back door so it's no less convenient than the bin just outside the front door.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 01/06/2018 09:32

It sounds perfect!
My worms all escaped in the house cos they got too hot and decided to leg(?) it.

Nettleskeins · 01/06/2018 10:32

I know a lovely scout leader whose children lived close to her (married children) She had a largish house (cos she bought it in the 70's) and her children had not much money for housing, and I remember her saying it is important not to give your children too much money, but to help them in all other ways. So she would look after all the grandchildren, have them for several meals a week (the married families I mean) generally be completely involved in their lives, just not bankroll them in other ways (ie sell her largish house to finance their house purchases or mortgages/deposits) Anyway it wasn't that large, just semidetached 4 bedder. What makes it more poignant is that her son had died in his twenties, and the other two children were everything to her, but she still kept this view. And it seemed to work very well, her grownup children were happy and wellbalanced and felt supported in the ways that matter.

Nettleskeins · 01/06/2018 10:36

I hasten to add both her married children had their own houses, smaller but financed by their own jobs etc.

I love my compost heap at the bottom of the garden, but as you say Knitting it is a long way to the back corner on a rainy morning! My compost is just full of garden worms. It has been two years now and I still haven't manage to extract any actual compost to put on the flower beds though too many twigs in there...someone made a mistake on the first layer. We actually have two compost bins, they were special offer from the council...

Nettleskeins · 01/06/2018 10:38

How lucky you all are to have garages, and driveways too, I have neither...just the word put it in the garage sends a thrill through me..perhaps i need to rent one

OhYouBadBadKitten · 01/06/2018 10:47

you can share my leaky falling down garage if you like

It does make life easier I have to say. It isn't big enough for a car, but it's big enough for our bikes and our crap.

NoHaudinMaWheest · 01/06/2018 10:48

Talking of garages the motor on the remote door opening mechanism on ours has broken. We have to get it fixed as soon as possible as dd keeps her powerchair in there (we can't get it into the house) and she can't open the door manually herself.
Fortunately it is half term so she isn't going out as much and someone will be around when she does. It is getting mended next week - deep intake of breath at the cost.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 01/06/2018 10:49

ooo, ouch. That will be pricy.

UrsulaPandress · 01/06/2018 11:28

We have a garage. It is two storey with hot and cold running water and central heating.

UrsulaPandress · 01/06/2018 11:35

Oh honestly. I shouted DD before I left the house at 9 am. Went to do horse and dog duty, returned at 11.15 asked DH if she was up but he had been busy sorting out stuff for the business. She then appeared and burst into tears because we hadn't got her up. It's all my fault of course for presuming that when she answered me that she was, you know, awake. Trouble is she is so tired but stays up late.

Icouldbeknitting · 01/06/2018 11:37

I have to have vowels to know mine is awake. Mmmnnngh does not count.

Nettleskeins · 01/06/2018 11:38

How did that happen?

Nettleskeins · 01/06/2018 11:44

I meant the garage.

I know all about not getting up. We all had a massive row in this house because I was watching Outlander and ds1 was still roaming around the house at 2am, and had to be up at 7.30am this morning for school lesson. I fear ds and I are rather alike in this. We get second winds in the middle of the night whereas the rest of the household is sweetly asleep.

Revision not going very well. Dh is very upset because his mother is extremely ill in another country and ds's apparent inertia is the final straw. Dh has gone on a long walk to try and help his bad leg and calm down.

My garden is beautiful at the moment, small but beautiful. Dicentra, geum, alchemilla, Aloha roses or are they Schoolgirl, pink snapdragons, blue lobelia just sprouting, and raspberries everywhere in the patio paving, not ripe but a feast in store.

Nettleskeins · 01/06/2018 11:46

Dd has left at 9am to meet up with 10 people in the local library. She said they are deciding who will be the most eligible bachelors from their work ethic in the library..Is that why ds1 has never set foot in the place??

Nettleskeins · 01/06/2018 11:47

hasten to add, dd doesn't know any boys at all, she is only meeting girls, but I think it has become somewhat of a genteel socialising event.

raspberryrippleicecream · 01/06/2018 11:58

Ursula and knitting I can have whole conversations with DD which she doesn't remember. I need to see her out of bed heading to the bathroom to know for certain she is awake.

This morning though she's been to the gym first thing. She is starting to spiral and agreed to at least try taking time out to exercise!

She is also admitting that she can't do 10 hours revision, but panicking because she feels she needs to.

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