Wouldn't that be funny it if kept on going - first marriage announcement, first grandchild announcement! oh my days :-)
Bit late to the table but congrats to your DD @Seeline , so nice when they are able to move onto the driving stage.
DD made me laugh yesterday, her hockey training is later now and has to travel that bit further, so she got home around 10.00pm with no food in the house apparently. Her housemate takes her to Lidl each week but wasn't free until today. I reminded her that they do have other supermarkets nearby that she could walk to, but got a definitive "No way am I shopping at Sainsburys - it's far too expensive, I'm only ever shopping at Lidl, can get 3/4 of my weekly shop for £14 at there" God only knows what crap she is buying then. I did question her veg and fruit options and whilst she isn't buying much veg is buying fruit apparently..
How quickly things can change, she grew up eating so much veg (as I cooked it) but now she is on her own she isn't even buying it (cba to cook it apparently) . :-)
I suspect she is sticking to 2 or 3 meals the same every week, pasta with tomatoes sauce, tortilla and mince (flavoured with spices at least), carbonara, jacket pots with tuna, tuna pasta.
She never really cooked at home and as catered last year she is having to learn now. Joking aside she seems to be coping well, is budgeting, actually thinking about what she is spending and what on. She was very reluctant to order herself a takeaway last night but did eventually. She has enough money but said she would rather spend it when her BF was staying (every other weekend ish).
@JustHereWithMyPopcorn what on earth is happening with the admin? It's shocking. I read on WIWIKAU this week about problems with someones DD/DS being able to swap courses, and told to stop going to lectures for old course but can't get access to a new timetable to attend the new course. Even student services couldn't help. Must be so frustrating.
@Piggywaspushed any news this week? how often does you get to speak? DD is much of a communicator once away from home so not sure about your DS.
Have you been able to relax a little bit more?
Thanks to the Nottingham replies re how they are getting to uni - seems to be a few walking rather than bus which surprised me. I am thinking of buying DD a bus pass (or going halves) just so she will use it ( I worry she is thinking about the £2 bus fare each way when she is deciding whether to go to the lecture or watch online at times)..
Thought I would just wait another week before asking her which bus company she uses most, as there are a couple of options (NCT £289 Sept-July) or whether it's worth the Robin Hood Card (£374 for 6 months) which includes lots of different companies for bus/tram/train within Greater Nottingham. I'm just not sure how often she is using trams and different bus companies. It's not like she has to travel far or travelling to friends across Nottingham so I think the NCT one would be fine.