Last term of Year 13. Gulp.

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All welcome no matter which path your dc have chosen.

Good luck to everyone's DC - and to the parents. Might go for a run while DD is sitting geography.

Here it's all packed into ten days, split over three calendar weeks. Two exams next week, one the week after and then two in one day to finish.

@MsAwesomeDragon exactly the same for DS this week, and DD has 4 GCSE exams too. Hope everyone gets a decent sleep tonight!

I'm also studying, meant to be writing my last assignment of this academic year which is due tomorrow. I'm just having a 10 min break then back to it...

He has just done last year's paper and got an A* so here's hoping he does the same tomorrow!

I've damaged my back falling off the edge of DD's bed. Unable to do the horse so DH had to help which always leads to much angst so we are not the intended haven of calm I had anticipated.

I have taken to my bed. With wine.

Oh no Ursula Big (but gentle) hugs to you

haven of calm [snorts]

it has got worse, ds is now insisting that I find him a Shakespearean acting course for summer.

ds2 tried to tell me about Tsar Nicolas

dd asked me to hoover her bedroom - I refused. She has bought three new hoodies from car boot sale with a friend this very morning - too much stuff in her room aaargh

oh no Ursula can you find a physio tomorrow just to check you over? twisted backs can be agony. Sure horse will bond with your husband once they are alone together.

A* Panda amazing! good luck with assignment
Downey I have a horror of my children being kept waiting for the loo, I remember watching ds2 hopping up and down at a sportsday aged about 7 from across the racetrack and being unable to grab him from the school side and rescue him! I went to see a play called The Weir when I was pregnant and remember being furious with the playwright for not scheduling in an interval; how arrogant of him to think dramatic unit was more important than a loo break!!!

Good luck to all the other mums worrying on their children's behalfs, and I'm sure they are more in charge of their own destinies than we can hope for.

oh no Ursula, I hope it eases quickly. :(

dd is going to have a bit of a lie in tomorrow I think, so no cooked breakfast, but I've made her a special lunch. We had a nice walk this evening.

Next week it's 4 then the week after 5 then two at the end.

Ouch Ursula! Hope it eases and you're up and about.

Just sent DS to bed. I will get up early to make him a decent breakfast.

DS has 4 this week, 3 the next, 4 the week after and a final 2 on the 25th. Mostly he's been revising Maths FP2, despite the first exam being Chemistry, his degree subject. He insists he knows what he's doing, so I am trying not to stress too much.

Hope your back isn't too bad Ursula

Oh ouch Ursula! Sounds painful, but wine and bed sound like the perfect cure.

Good Luck to all with exams tomorrow - here we go . . ! 🍀🍀🍀

Thanks nettle...just submitted with 8 hours to spare. Better than the last one, I got no sleep at all!!

Take care Ursula.

6.00 am and ds is up early doing last minute revision for his first exam today.

Good luck to everyone for this week roll on Friday night when there is a 2 day reprieve.

Well today's the day.

Good luck everyone.

Back much better after a night's rest thanks.

Glad to hear you're better than you were Ursula

Good luck exam people!

Good luck to those starting today!

13 exams for some
Are they taking 4 A levels?
DD was doing 4 subjects up to AS level, and was virtually on her knees by the time she had finished. I am so glad that she dropped a subject.

All the best for everyone today, and for any younger sibs doing GCSEs.
Glad your back is improving @ursula
@Lonicera - yes my DS is doing 4, including maths and further maths, and physics, so there is quite a lot of overlap.

dd has 16 exams, but that's because she is doing extra Maths and STEP.

DS has 12 exams. One of his friends has either 20 or 22 papers, he is doing 5 A Levels.

Glad your back is better Ursula.

Hope all goes well for those DC's starting today.

Sorry I'm late- I wasn't on the register so can't possibly be in trouble.
Ds1 has his first exam today- physics, he went into school early to socialise revise as we are currently having the kitchen ripped out and ceiling replaced so slightly noisy! Fortunately they aren't doing the dining room yet.

Oh no Drummer! We forgot you sorry!
Good luck to your ds today. Kitchen works at the same time. You must need a lot of

5 A levels
Why?
Even Oxbridge aren't interested in that many.