Morning all! Thank you very much for the lovely welcome back! 
[Empties freshly baked croissants, some petits pains au chocolat, a plate of craquelin, a loaf of buttered cramique on to a large plate on naughty corner bar along with freshly squeezed oj and some "power berries" and serves with hot strong black coffee for those in need]
And reading the thread (although haven't caught up properly yet) it sounds as if a lot of you are in need and that the end of academic year pressure and life in general, sleep deprivation and the antics of fractious, tired dc etc is taking its toll [pours more coffee]. Here's hoping life gets a bit less stressful for you all soon.
Very sunny here (apparently it's going to be 31°c today 
)
Lots going on at the Institutions this morning; BBC Radio 5 cameras everywhere - lots of mutterings about Brexit and Grexit etc
Feel as if I have been born, lived and died all before 9 am today [sigh] ...
... which started a little after 6.00 am with dd crying in our room hysterically saying she felt unwell and couldn't go to school. On further investigation it turned out she has a two-hour lesson this morning in which she has to give a power point presentation (the very same that she is presenting to examination committee next week) and she hasn't written or inserted the corrections and extra bits that the school insisted on when they had a previous practice run over a fortnight ago [sigh] And this morning, her very strict headmistress will be listening in. Oh dear ... .
It has admittedly been very busy this week with last of our visitors only leaving on Wed and dd is tired but I've grilled her every day about hwk only to be told "we only have revision" and she did have time to do this task (although has always seemed strangely resistant to it, for no clear reason). When I asked her why (oh why!!!???) on earth she is was in this position this morning when she must have known it was coming up and it was so important, she simply said "I forgot" [sigh]
[SC pauses to grimace, rock in chair and pull out clumps of hair]
As there was not much else we could do at this point dh and I then proceeded to try and jolly her along and to go in and face the music; this took one and a half long hours 
. I told her to adopt a 'chin up, 'fess up and be honest and admit what had happened up front and ask if she could do the missed work in the first hour.
Dh on the other hand (in an attempt to get her to smile) made up a long list of things that could haven't befallen her USB stick such as the dog eating it, the dog burying it and the dog sitting on it, guarding it and not letting anyone come near it.
We'll see ... .
Hope everyone else is having a less stressful morning!
Big waves to everyone I waved to yesterday and a special wave to Blue whom I missed off the list by mistake! And furry waves from the dog (who is really starting to 'get' some of his training - yippee!)
Enjoy the sunshine everyone!