Class of '18 Best foot forward through the autumn leaves.

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starfleet I'll be so proud of myself when I can run 2k straight without giving up and panting in the middle..I think the last time I went out on the park run with someone who claimed to be really bad at running and very out of practice and "we were just going to run a little bit", we got to the 2k mark and she kept on for several more k....effortlessly it seemed...gnash..
knot quite right, I am going to watch my knees, although I think my lack of fitness is the real problem, hamstrings et al.

That must be a relief First :)

This might be an interesting article: womensrunninguk.co.uk/health/arthritis-end-running/ my rheumatologist positively encourages my running.

I was also watching a programme on menopause on the BBC very recently that mentioned the importance of impact exercise (ie not swimming or yoga) on increased bone density when after menopause you are at risk of osteoporosis and decreasing bone density. However, a complicating factor seems to be that overweight people undergo a later menopause.

walking is also good impact exercise however.

Just done what feels like a supermarket sweep ahead of ds’ return on Sunday,

Full roast with lamb on Sunday night.
Can’t wait. Ds 2 is picky and not very interested in food.
Ds 1 is my food lover can’t wait to spoil him after 3 months of halls food.

Happy weekend to everyone.

Well she’s home. And has gone shopping with her fathers card.

And scraped her father’s car when she got back ......

Merry Christmas

oh no! oh that's an oops. I hope she's ok.

Yes. He hasn’t beaten her to death.

Hilariously he hit my horsebox with my car the other day and I was totally chilled about it so not much he can say really.

interesting exercise Info.
Have just been swimming and am menopausal. But I also do walking with bits of running interval training my style- so hopefully will help my bones. Swimming unwinds me- have done it forever.
Glad to hear all the DC on here doing well and being cared for by the great mum's on here.
My DD is not doing much studying which is the first time in years as she does not have Jan exams. She's doing a 1st shift in her old summer job tonight. And went into school today to give year 12s a uni pep talk .
So proud of her and glad to see her chill and sleep.

We are not a family of shit drivers. Honest. It's very tight since I've brought the box home.

She is out tonight with her schoolmates. I will of course worry until she gets home. Something I don't have to do when she is at University.

Oops to car bump, glad she is ok Ursula.
Know what you mean about not worrying when they are out at uni, hope you didn't lay awake worrying about her getting home for too long. DS was out with students from our church last night, I reminded him to text me once he was in, means I don't get up at 4 in the morning to check if he is home!
He has now been home a fortnight, he doesn't seem to have done as much work as I expected, he is usually very driven. I think he is a bit low after an exciting, busy first term away from home. I know he needs to unwind, but he also does have some work to do!

Mine isn't back yet, possibly this evening or maybe tomorrow as he has playing commitments before he can leave. I'm happy about this because I didn't think he had enough planning skills and would arrive back on Friday expecting me to drive 90 minutes to take him to a gig over there on Saturday.

I think he'll have a free three weeks because last week was test week.

Ursula I had worked out that the bumps would be down to lack of space on the drive rather than everyone suddenly becoming accident prone.

I've been distracted by a new job and not checking in. I'm glad to see everyone seems to be trucking along! DD still has two more exams next week before she comes home on the 21st. She seems to be on really good form, and mixing studying with chilling out. She and a friend walked up a nearby hill a couple of nights ago to see the meteor shower, which is something I'm sure she will remember for a long time.

I can't wait to get her home though. We will all finish on the same day, so it will be properly festive immediately.

DD has been in bed most of the day catching up on sleep. She said it was lovely to wake up and realise she was at home.

We are meant to be going out this evening to a reunion for one of the farms we used to keep the horse on, but it is up on the top of the hill and it is blowing a hooly here. DD was going to drive then DH and I were going to walk home after a couple of hours. I think he may be driving there and back ...

ds1 rang me worrying about how to pack his stuff and get to the ex school prize giving in the same day (too much multi tasking he is like me in that). I suggested he come back for the night, and go back to uni again on Tuesday then do his packing. He was so relieved, and surprised too that he hadn't thought of this rather obvious solution. It costs a tenner to get there and back so really not very expensive to go back and forth twice. I then pointed out he could go back and forth as often as he could afford, and there was no need to bring much home. Again he was very surprised to realise this was true, and that after all staying home without being a bit bored for six weeks was unlikely.

So still a bit confused but obviously liking uni

hardwick it is great to hear that your dd is having a good time. I watched One Day recently and there was that bit where the main characters climb to the top of the hill outside the uni [sob] perhaps it is the same hill?

Got dd home safely. The drama was my Mum who said as soon as I arrived that she wasn't feeling well. That is rather unusual in itself but it emerged later in the evening that she was truly not well.
Long story short, her emergency call service in her sheltered flat called the paramedics, she was taken to A&E and then transferred to another hospital.
I felt terrible sending her off to A&E on a Friday night on her own but because I have CFS knew that sitting in the hospital all night would only make me ill and no help to anyone. Fortunately my brother who lives about an hour away was able to come through to be with her.
She had tests over the weekend and should be discharged today. She seems better so I think I made the right decision to come home as planned with dd on the Saturday.
I felt truly torn between the generations though.

Glad to see that everyone's DC are coming home to roost. She went to visit her boyfriend at the weekend to see a band and go to a party. She gets on really well with all of his friends.

His dad drove up and brought them home. DD says that his dad never spoke to her and was bad tempered with the BF.

On another note she received a letter from one of the universities she has an offer from, and she has been told that in recognition of her ability and promise that she will be eligible for additional scholarship funding!

However, this is the university she doesn't want to go to, but it is nice to get such a lovely letter.

I had not heard of that film Nettle but will watch it now! DH and I went there too.

Sorry your mum isn't well NoHaudin, but glad your brother could be there for her. It must be very difficult for you being pulled in two directions and not being well.yourself.

What lovely news Lonicera, even if she doesn't intend to take advantage of it.

DS turned 19 today. I took him shopping this afternoon for birthday presents. We bought him a dinner suit, as he will need one for balls and the odd dinner at university, and he chose a smart coat to wear over a suit paid for with cash from my Dad. I'm a bit sad that the years of brio, technic lego or airfix models are long past, in fact I'm quite sad that there wasn't a treat, frivolous present that he asked for, but he is now so grown up and so pleased with the smart clothes. He even put them on at home to show his sister and his dad, and allowed me to photograph him and post the pics on Facebook, tagged!

We went for a coffee after we'd finished shopping, a very rare event. He made me laugh until I nearly cried. Sometimes he can drive me potty, but today having an adult son is just ace!

Ahh. 19 yr old son. It's so lovely having young adults for company. So much nicer than mid turbulent teens. My DS at 22 Is even more delightful than he was at 19. So considerate now.
Happy b'day DS panda.

at least you were near Haudin it sounds really good that dd has chosen that uni because at least it will mean a very regular chance of you seeing your mum every time you see your dd, and of course dd gets to see her too. My mum is nowhere near me and I certainly wouldn't be able to be in A & E with her, so you mustn't feel guilty that it was impossible for you to stay overnight.

Panda congratulations on the 19th birthday.

ds1 and I have been back to his school for an "occasion". Everyone commented that ds looked very well, unfortunately I mixed up the Computer studies teacher with the English teacher (they both had Irish accents) and got a bit confused about who was who and ds certainly didn't enlighten me or remind me that this was his ex GSCE teacher that was showing such an interest (he had fallen out somewhat with the computer studies teacher back in 2015 ifysim)

what a relief to have escaped from school, although it was all quite heartwarming. All the undergraduate cohort seemed noticeably relaxed compared to the existing sixth formers - ds seemed happy to be there and tell people his news but not stuck in the past at all.

Lonicera what horrible parents for your dd's bf. whatever he has been up to, that doesn't sound like a good mix at all, reproving parents and off the rails lifestyle at uni. I suspect if he comes to your house he will find i tmuch easier to calm down. Anyway it is has reminded not to tell ds off it really won't give me any authority over him. He is being very sweet and "domesticated" atm, so no need to tell him off just yet thank goodness.

Thanks. We have just finished our dinner. We ordered a curry at his request, to have it out for delivery, apparently on out road, DH went out to look for the cyclist, no show, and then the ordered disappeared! Help online showed the order had been cancelled, no phone call, no email, no nothing. We had to order from a different takeout, and DH thankfully hadn't had his beer and so could drive to pick it up. Dinner at 10pm instead of 8pm was not our intention, but I think DS enjoyed it even though we were really all past wanting food.