Hi everyone
Goodness me it's quite hot & muggy in my bit of East Devon today. Sod's law that I spent 2.5 hours in online meetings at my desk because the wifi won't work outside. BT are meant to be putting fibre in, but my money is on the day schools break up for the summer. I remember the summer of 76 too. Our lawn went brown but my dad was happy that it killed all the moss.
DD1 had her 3rd exam yesterday. It's meant to be 3 hours so she printed it when it was released at noon, then we had lunch and she worked all afternoon. DH helped her scan it and she uploaded it before dinner. DD2 had her last exam in the morning. People saying about their water going off, last week our internet died completely. I ended up driving to the primary school where I work 2 afternoons each week and sat in the car outside using their excellent wifi. DD2 was most impressed by my resourcefulness.
We collected the rest of DD2's stuff last week. Leicester had a timed session so she had a 2 hour slot where she/we were the only people in her block. We left home at 6.30 to be sure to get the whole 2 hours, but she was done in 90 minutes and managed to vacuum her room too. We drove home without stopping too. DD1's stuff can stay in Cambridge until September - her college is fine about it.
Both DDs' summer plans have been scuppered. When they were at school they used to work in the local ice cream shop so I think they are going to offer their services. Since they live in the same house, they don't need to socially distance from each other at work. The shop is still shut so who knows. Otherwise, I may pay them to sort out the garden (so I don't have to). DD1 has applied to do online tuition but not heard anything yet.