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Class of '18 now in 2019. blimey.

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 14/01/2019 10:53

hang on....

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Hardwickwhite · 27/01/2019 12:40

DD has been fantastic at keeping track of things, but I do worry about how often she pops her cards in a shallow pocket.

She went to the uni Burns ceilidh on Friday night and absolutely loved it. She said the Strip The Willow was a bit hairy (which is the whole point I think!) but that she had loads of fun. I can't tell you how good it is to hear her talk about going out with people. A year ago we didn't think she would be in good enough MH to go to uni at all, never mind socialising. She's done well in her first set of exams too, which I think has really buoyed her.

I'm worried about her accommodation for next year, but will have to keep quiet and see how that pans out I think.

NoHaudinMaWheest · 27/01/2019 13:02

hardwicke glad that she enjoyed the ceildh. I used to love 'Strip the Willow' (though not in school when the boys seemed to think the aim was to see who could throw the girls about the most.)
It must be great to see her come so far.

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 27/01/2019 14:08

That's amazing Hardwick, she's flourishing!

Oh no Ursula! I hope they turn up.

dd is head down working mostly. She did very well in her first exam. We are going to go and visit her in a couple of weeks. I can't wait.

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Nettleskeins · 27/01/2019 18:27

Starfleet that's terrible your phone was stolen! Sad

Hardwick Scottish dancing [sigh] Grin I want ds to join the Caledonian Society at his uni, but he is resisting. He loved it when we went up to Dundee for a family gathering, it truly breaks down all shyness barriers (as long as no-one ticks you off when you twirl in the wrong direction - sometimes there are some very control freak scottish dance afficinados out there)

ds sent me a happy text, saying he was having a great time again seeing everyone. He is coming back this evening for a family event. Ds2 groaned at the thought of him reappearing.

I've spent the day addictively glued to the Netflix Sex Education series. Not like anyone or anywhere I've ever met or been to in RL UK, but I suppose it is satire. The harassing mother and the headmaster are so unlike any real people, yet remind you vaguely of mistakes you might make dealing with your kids...but mostly you think NOOOO I'm not like that!!!

I've been watching telly all day, apart from an [I must stock up for Winter and I never want to lug bags back again]Ocado order arriving when I wasn't expecting it, at dawn [grrr] The children woke at lunchtime and made each other fried egg sandwiches, and have spent the rest of the day doing A level work. Dh is away. things have fallen apart to some extent..it is so freeeeezing cold and windy outside...

MsAwesomeDragon · 27/01/2019 18:44

Sorry to hear about lost/stolen things. As far as I am aware DD has not lost anything or had anything stolen. She has dropped her phone and smashed the screen, but it still seems to be working with a screen protector on it, so she's not bothering to get it fixed.

Hardwick that sounds great. I love a good ceilidh but haven't been to one for a few years. DD has been to 3 since she started uni, the first one being in Freshers week.

I'm not really hearing from DD at all. I suppose that means she's having fun, but it does make me feel a little unloved (especially since 8yo dd2 has told me she wants to live at her friend's house because their house is better Sad).

LoniceraJaponica · 27/01/2019 19:04

OH and I used to go to a lot od Ceilidhs, and Strip the Willow was my favourite dance. We never used to take them seriously, and almost wet ourselves laughing when we went to a barn dance run by a local square dance society as they took the whole thing so seriously.

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 27/01/2019 19:09

They do love you MrsAD and it's good that your dd is having fun.

I too have been watching tv for much of the day Nettle. Went to church this morning and started feeling shivery and poorly part way through. Not really unwell, just hot/cold and shivery and achy.

So I've watched watership down, 12 monkeys (shit film) and homes under the hammer. I've done some crotcheting of a big thick blanket that is taking forever. I was even bored enough to compare my next supermarket shop at several supermarkets. My bum is numb now.

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MsAwesomeDragon · 27/01/2019 19:22

I'm sure they do kitten. I'm actually having a chat with dd1 now, but only because I started it with something I knew she'd find interesting (her historical reenactment society). Dd2's outburst was in response to me making her do homework, so I suppose that's justified Hmm

I hope you feel better soon kitten. I would love a day watching TV (not while feeling ill though) but alas I have spent my day preparing A Level lessons Sad and writing reports SadSadSad

UrsulaPandress · 27/01/2019 19:30

DD’s friend has spare ID (having lost hers, renewed then found original) Yeah. She and DD could be twins. Yeah. ID borrowed by someone else last night but leaving it under doormat by 5pm. Went to collect and there it was. Yeah. Just had text from DD. She’s left it in our kitchen. Can I post it tomorrow?

Is it me?

Nettleskeins · 27/01/2019 20:03

ooh 12 Monkeys is a weird film isn't it, not exactly shit..but perhaps if I watched it now..Hmm Brad Pitt is so old now, and t'was he and Madeleine Stowe in it, and she was in Last of the Mohicans which is really from my twenties...

Dragon oh dd used to say that all the time to me. Mostly it was other people's "smart" open plan kitchens. I think they just like being with their friends and treated v politely. It wears off when they are older, and then it is home or social adventures of their own choosing. Dd goes out all the time but now quite often says to me things like..I like to just come home to my own bed and will come home very late rather than stay at sleepovers. Her friends come here to tidy her room for her, so maybe the "housework" will prove a draw in time Wink

MsAwesomeDragon · 27/01/2019 20:12

Yes nettle I know it's perfectly normal. She does just want to be with her friends. And her friend's mum is lovely, and very very nice when DD is there. She thinks her friend's house is all fun and no homework or tidying her room because they don't do that while she's there obviously. And her friend's house is clean and tidy, while ours is much more "lived in" (we're attempting to declutter at the minute so it's easier to manage, but it's slow going when we both work ft).

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 27/01/2019 22:11

12monkeys was very very weird. I don't think it's on my watch again!

I think I've caught this precisely because I've not stopped at all recently. That does not sound like a fun day though MrsAD.

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Nettleskeins · 27/01/2019 22:25

dragon it is so stressful when you are trying to organise and a demanding 8 year old is not helping at all.
But looking back, I think I was wrong to expect gratitude or help; I think at that age they are programmed to take rather than "give" much. They learn to help eventually, but they dont really have any overview of what is due or how "lucky" they are. They start off being nice to their friends and their pets, teachers [and other people's parents]and eventually they end up being quite nice to their parents.

Dd was very exhausting at 8. I remember a particularily awful occasion when I attempted to paint a hall yellow and she started trying to snatch the paintbrush from me, because she felt I should be paying attention to her instead. But looking back I don't think I was much use to my parents till I was about 14, I must have just created mess and demanded things just like dd. They seem to have all this time and be perfectly capable of physical dexterity but I don't think their brains really perceive housework or organising in the way that we might think they do, even putting clothes in the laundry is not really of interest to them, however beautifully they can colour in a picture.

Knotaknitter · 27/01/2019 22:41

OYBBK There is something going around, I had it earlier in the week, my mother had it, DS had it and it's still going around judging by the number of people calling in sick for band practice this morning.

PandaG · 28/01/2019 07:32

Sorry to hear about illnesses, lost/stolen things and grumpy children.
We've not heard much at all from DS this week, but apparently he sent his sister a video message a little bit tiddly thanking her for the brownies she baked for him to take back to university.

I've got college today, I am leaving the house for the first time since Wednesday, I've had a stomach bug followed by a stinking cold. I'm very glad I only have one lecture today, and the can come back to a warm house, and maybe some crochet. I couldn't even concentrate on that on Saturday, and yesterday I had to write an assignment - if I had been well it would have taken 3/4 hours, with a fuzzy head it took about 10, but at least I submitted in decent time!

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 28/01/2019 09:20

Sorry to hear that you've been afflicted Panda and Knitter. Go away germs!

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UrsulaPandress · 28/01/2019 15:40

I've got the cough. I couldn't sleep the other night (well, worse than usual) and I was reading a thread on here about clothing disappointment. How I didn't wake the whole neighbourhood with my laughing induced coughing I don't know.

The dog is still only on short walks so I am stuck in the house a lot. I can't bring myself to go out for a walk alone.

DD has booked her tickets for Wireless. Yay!

LoniceraJaponica · 28/01/2019 17:31

I hope the afflicted feel better soon. A cold isn't life threatening for most of us, but it can sure make you feel utterly miserable.

I have been on "that" Facebook page and reading about how many parents have been in tears missing their DC's birthdays while they are at university. Maybe I am hard hearted, but this really wouldn't bother me. DD spent her 18th birthday in Paris with her boyfriend last year. We Skyped while she was away, and I was just so happy that she was enjoying herself, and doing exactly what she wanted to do for her birthday.

I don't know where she will be this year. Maybe she will be with us, maybe on holiday with friends/boyfriend. It doesn't matter, as long as she is enjoying her birthday. If she is happy then so am I.

Hardwickwhite · 28/01/2019 18:24

Full of the cold here too. I’ve been sneezing in school today, which the children have found hilarious for some reason!

starfleet · 28/01/2019 18:41

Hope you all recover from your various lurgies? (sp?) soon.

DS is also going to Wireless. He didn't book his own ticket. That would be muggins here. He is away and the internet obviously doesn't exist in Hungary 🙄

He finishes for Easter on his actual birthday and won't be home until the day after. It's no big deal. That FB page is a constant source of amusement .

marmiteloversunite · 28/01/2019 19:58

I'm on that Facebook page too. I hardly ever comment though. I just feel like shouting "Get a grip!" quite often.

I also though find the GCSE thread on here a bit annoying. Just shows how lucky we are with this group!

MsAwesomeDragon · 28/01/2019 20:13

I'm on that FB page too. I've never commented but I do quite often roll my eyes at some of them. DD was at uni for her birthday. Her friends made her a cake which they ate at the pub. What's to cry about? She was having a fantastic time. We saw her a week or so later when she allowed us to take her out for dinner.

LoniceraJaponica · 28/01/2019 20:20

I'm glad it isn't just me then. I would not want to be so clingy that DD never wants to come home. Her BF's mum is like that, and that is the main reason he doesn't like to go home.

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 28/01/2019 20:27

I was a bit sad to not be there for dds birthday, because it's nice if someone makes you a nice breakfast on your birthday (have you got the gist that I'm quite keen on breakfast? Grin , but she had a lovely day and her previous two birthdays she'd stayed at friends anyway.

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 28/01/2019 20:32

I think I might be the soppiest one on here Grin

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