Thread 39 - Covid Cohort - Our Adult Children Now Post 18

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This is a support thread for our young adults post GCSEs 2020, regardless of their educational setting, and their results ( or life updates for those who went into work or have had results earlier). It is respectfully requested that all are supportive and helpful to each other. If you want to start a debate, e.g state vs private, uni vs employment please don't within this thread.

Some of us have been here since first thread back in yr10, some will be new. Everyone has been friendly and helpful in the past. Everyone is welcome. It is hoped this will continue. We were previously on the secondary board and then further education, now we shall be here in 'Parents of Adult Children' gulp

Our DS/DD may continue down various pathways ( employment, apprenticeships, higher ed). Be warned there might be lots of 'Uni Freshers' chat this time of year. My experience is that everyone is welcomed wherever, whatever their child is doing we have some in work, gap years , apprenticeships etc too. Lots of contributors with different experiences and always sympathy and support to be had !

Yikes @PhotoDad , that's some journey in a day! Sounds like your dd has settled in to a lovely house though!

Such sad news this evening. Our trip to Royal Holloway on 17th might now be slightly more tricky than we’d expected!

Yes, dd2's boyfriend is meant to be moving into Surrey on Sunday 18th, which could well be the funeral date...

Just back from a concert - the orchestra director tried to interest us in singing God Save The King. It was as if a massive speech balloon with 'TOO SOON' went up over the audience.

DD meant to be moving in to her accommodation on Sunday 18th, with us staying in a hotel the night before. Nothing will go smoothly for this lot will it.

How will the funeral affect uni move-in day? What am I missing?

I imagine shops will be closed for a start, and uni staff may not be working?

If it's a national Day of mourning, things may be shut - uni staff may not be in, shops may be shut, hotels may not be open, public transport may not be running etc

Oh I see. Blimey that’s a bit much isn’t it!

DD is moving on Saturday all being well. Surely staff in key worker roles have to work .

It looks like the train strike on 17th has been cancelled.

State TV tonight on every channel is bad enough!

DS goes this weekend, so move-in won’t be affected but Fresher’s Week may be toned down a bit I guess.

@Piggywaspushed rubbish timing for Covid! When is he supposed to be moving in? I think there is a really wide spectrum of how people with Covid respond now, ranging from full isolation to life as normal.

A complete change of subject.... Do any of you have a heat pump? We are about to place an order and have just realised that our initial quote is all well bumped up from on line prices and I have now gone down a rabbit hole trying to understand all the different systems.

Congratulations to your DD @ealingwestmum ! ⭐️
Good news on a sombre day!

He is having to cancel the one and only concert his brass band have organised tomorrow so that's annoying for him. He's OK atm - cough and sore throat.

His move in day is 17th, in theory, funeral etc allowing. So he should be fine . Hopefully, I won't succumb as I was so ill last time!

Sorry to hear that @Piggywaspushed . How typical! Hope he’s ok.

I thought the funeral was planned to be on Sunday (10 full days after death) but I am now hearing things which suggest it may be Monday 18th instead. National day of mourning means that anything governmental (schools, courts, libraries, government offices) will be shut.

piggy I’m sorry about DS. Crap timing.

Huge congrats to your DD @ealingwestmum
that’s fab news!

sorry to hear about DS @Piggywaspushed , hopefully he won’t be too ill with it and moving can all go as planned.

@PhotoDad what a long day for you! I hate driving in the pouring rain

Congratulations @ealingwestmum!

Get well soon @Piggywaspushed DS

DD moving to Birmingham on 17th. She has a time slot and we have bought all the essentials. I feel totally unprepared.

Is it clear yet when the funeral is? As @Delphigirl says ten days would mean Sunday the 18th but we had an email from my university saying we would be closed on the day of the funeral apart from business-critical activities. Of course, that weekend is moving in for freshers and the Monday is the start of induction. DS is moving on the 17th and then his induction starts on the Monday.

No not announced yet @trying my best. I imagine it will be confirmed today.

Thanks @Delphigirl

It's supposed to be day 10 after HMQ's death isn't it - it is going to complicate things for lots of people.

Yes, it certainly will complicate things. It is very difficult for unis and schools to make a judgement call.

We also have a moving in date of 17th. I think the funeral will be the Monday rather than the weekend.