2nd year uni (starting 2018)

[HSMMaCM]

The old thread seems to have filled up!

I saw DD this weekend. She's lost weight, but seems to be getting on with studying. We've left some food and squash and I bought her some muffins for exam breakfasts. Hopefully she'll get through this week and feel a bit better.

Malbec- I can never understand people who just make stuff up. Why can't they just get on with their lives!

I no longer have a teenager.

Just had a brief phone call, we're going down to see her tomorrow. Her friends threw her a surprise party last night.

Happy brithay to the 20 year old. My twins already turned 20 so am teenagerless but I have gorgeous very small grandchildren too.

And many congratulations to you! A big pat on the back is justified.

HSM, glad your DD is soldiering on.
Congrats to the birthday girl! Mine isn't 20 til the end of July, but DS turns 18 in 6 weeks How did that happen?!

In accommodation news, DH has had to set up termly payments for their place for next year already! And DD has to send a screenshot to prove it

BTM thanks. DD will also be 20 in the Summer.

Apparently the exam today had 'nice questions'. Hopefully Thursdays will too.

Happy Birthday to your DD Errol! DS has his in a fortnight, can't believe how quickly the time has gone. Twenty!!!

Full house again here tomorrow, both of mine will be back to celebrate a family member's big birthday 🙂
Just a flying visit for DS2 and he'll miss my birthday on Friday but that's the way it is - more Chinese for me to eat!! 😆

Oops, HSMMaCM, meant to say Well Done to your DD.

Glad to hear your DD is doing ok, HSM, although I'm sure you'll be keeping a weather eye on her for the next few weeks.
Happy birthday to all the new 20 year olds. our youngest will be 20 in March and like others have said it seems to have whizzed by in a heartbeat. I'm finding time speeds up as I get older.

I sort of do and don't wish I were 20 again!

HSM, hope your daughter is ok, sounds like the work is proving a distraction for her.

Malbec, I agree, the other mother definitely has issues and at least the college didn't take the allegations seriously.

DS is home for reading week on 16th when he will turn 20 as well (in my head that will make him exactly the same age as I think I am lol!). We are spending a few days in Marrakech as DS2 will be skiing with school. Just starting the GCSE options trail with him (like you brizzle), can't believe how different GCSEs are now eg 3 papers for History instead of 2 and loads more content for science. Thank you Mr Gove.

Happy birthday to all of the 20 year olds. Ds has to wait until the summer. I wish I was 20 again with my mid 50s brain but my 20 year old body!

Ono - I think my DD has a reading week coming up. I'm hoping she'll come home for a bit of TLC.

I can't imagine having more than one child to go through all the exams etc again!

The boyfriend has buzzed off to Ireland for a week, for no apparent reason. Hopefully he listened to us asking him to be considerate of her exams. His mother has also had 'words' about his appalling timing. At least it means he hasn't been in and out of their flat stirring up her feelings.

We had to teach the girls about putting rubbish out and how to work the washing machine and hoover. It seems he was the cleaning fairy .

Well the first exam was "nice questions" and the second was "okay I think", so hopefully not disrupted too much by the ex.

I'm on tenterhooks today as DS2 is waiting to hear if he's got a place to study abroad next year.
I didn't get a call for work this morning so I've done the Friday house clean a day early to keep myself occupied.
He reacons he might not hear until the end of the day. Today's his day for lectures/ seminars until 6 pm so at least he's busy.

Took DS2 to the station this morning. That boy is too used to city life where everything is on hand, ie 5min walk - he did not seem to realise we had a deadline to leave the house by and an hour's drive to the station...
Anyway, we got there ok & train was on time (bonus!). He's just messaged to say he's back. 🙂

Glad the exams were uneventful HSMMaCM.

Ds messaged me at beginning of week saying he wasn't feeling well mentally and had appointment to see GP . He'd seen a counsellor a few times last year and I thought he was coping ....he's now been started on anti depressants and is coming home this weekend- he's over 300 miles away and I'm worried he's thinking of packing it in.....he's done well in exams and has a flat sorted for next year with the guys he's sharing with this year and I thought everything was going well- did well in Christmas exams and was talking of carrying on with MSc after his MA( Scottish Uni) .....hope some TLC and sorting out his sleeping pattern will help . Dh suffered terribly with depression for years ( requiring lithium and cbt) , so has been very supportive of him

Stopyourhavering, sorry to hear about your son. It's good that he's accessed help and that he can discuss things with you and your DH. Disrupted sleep patterns were a symptom our our DS1's depression in his late teens. A weekend of TLC sounds a good plan. I'm sure you'll just be glad to see him and give him a big hug.

Stopyourhavering - thank goodness he's asked for help instead of bottling it all up.

Latedecember DD talked about a year abroad when she started, but now likes being near home I think.

Just heard from DS2 , he's got an offer from Adelaide University.

Oh wow late, that’s exciting, what to do?

DS had an assessment centre today thinks he did ok in interviews but not great in the written work. He is very severely dyslexic and he declared that to the employer but still down that it holds him back and he works twice as hard to achieve same as everyone else.

Fingers crossed that it's an enlightened employer, Eve. I've worked with pupils with dyslexia in the past so I know what you mean about him having to work so hard just to keep up with peers.

Sorry, Eve, realised I didn't answer your question. He's going to do a year of Law.

Adelaide! You won't be able to pop there for a weekend!

He must be excited. Well done him.

Thank you, HSM, you're right about the distance! He'll be 21 while he is there so we're going to look into the possibility of having a trip to see him then if our finances can stretch to it.

I hope you won't mind me staying with this thread next year. I rarely posted last year but to, use an over-used cliché, I feel as though we have all been on a university parent journey together. It's such a good mix of those with previous experience and newbies.