GCSEs 2018 (17) What will be in your coffee cup on Thursday?

[PeggySchuylar]

Thread 16 full to brim. Hope nobody minds me starting new one.

I've read the small print Oneteen and she is allowed. Obviously the QM2 allows dogs to sail transatlantic in their kennels, but Flo would be allowed in our cabin. The two key issues are:

1. other passengers would interfere with her the whole trip so she would struggle to concentrate on work
2. she may need vet checks & tapeworm treatments before getting back on board, which obviously eats into our time in port.

P&O politely remind us that they do not have a vet on board and doctors are unable to treat her if she gets I'll, so we should take advice from a vet before travelling about motion sickness!

stick my family has always made me feel really naughty if I drink alcohol from a coffee mug! So glad to find I'm not the only one
panda hope the date goes well! sigh oh to be 16 again...

I thought I was really confused about the grade boundary/mark bands thing but I have this evening explained it to an even more clueless friend so obviously something that you've been talking about has sunk in Let's hope the same can be said for DS's biology gcse!

Great distraction Panda !!

stick the last time we went on the QE2 there was a lovely young woman on board with her assistance whippet (he detected her diabetic symptoms). He wore his working jacket all the time and all the passengers were extremely respectful of his status. I was so in awe of her confidence to travel alone, a long way from home, with a potentially fatal medical condition. She said Devo (Whip It!) was better than any parent or partner because he only cared about her and her health and wasn't easily distracted, especially as there were no squirrels on board

Wow that combined science 3-3 is a curveball! DD did that paper so yay more anxiety for me. DD is still away dog sitting but I picked her up from dance today and asked her if she was nervous about results day. She said no but only for English. She's more chilled than me.

stickerrocks You can get a doggy passport which I would assume exempt said doggy from port checks?

All my words are swapping places more than usual - need to turn on grammar checks (or go to bed)

DD also has coursework in English x 2 and DT. I'm just working on the basis that Dd's English Teacher stated that she thought the exam marker exemplar wasn't great - giving marks away and she would (has) adopted a much stricter approach....but who knows! DD's English mocks were 7 x 2 I am expecting one to be a 6 because of brain fog during the exam (oddly enough it was the Lit paper which is usually the stronger paper) but again I dont know and as long as she gets to the next stage she has in mind I am happy.

I think we will err on the side of caution in case Flo gets on & hates it. I've previously acted as "guide human" for her owner on a Waitrose cookery school course and it was hysterical perfecting her knife skills. We got a free "guide human" ticket to accompany her to Motorhead, which seemed a bit of a con as he could definitely hear the whole thing. We have a bucket list of things we want to do & we're gradually working our way through them.

P&O allow register assistance dogs, but not emotional support animals, so Devo & Flo qualify. Who here had an emotional support bunny on earlier threads? They are not allowed.

Ah I'd love an emotional support bunny. Or a panda. But that might be awkward on a plane
Did your friend see this, stick?

Bucket lists are great...and it is lovely that you are helping your cousin to tick the boxes too! I think Kingscote DS has the wonderful bunny!

Every time I type DS it turn to DD !

Love it.

We did Sweeney Todd the Opera together and someone registered her guide stick & stood in front of her, I kid you not! I am feeling slightly guilty because I'm going to see Ruby Wax's How to be Human next month and automatically asked for a seats with space for a dog. They only charged me for one ticket, so I'm forcing DCo to come with me whether she wants to or not! She has also been accused of "not looking blind enough to have a guide dog."

Hi all.

I keep trying to read the thread before checking in but at this rate you'll have filled it before I can catch up. Hope everyone is well.

Stress is ramping up here. It seems to be causing more grumpiness and occasional tears but also more baking.

I am so happy to have produced a child whose primary coping mechanism is kneading bread!

In the past week she has produced:

An 8 strand plaited loaf
A lemon drizzle cake
2 chocolate sponges
A chicken and sweetcorn pie
Chocolate cupcakes

My other regular thread on mumsnet is a weight loss thread. I've been very quiet on there this week

Kick Bishop i am very jealous of all the baked goods. Yum

Away from home and out for dinner, DS asks why aren't we staying longer and I say because DD gets her results on Thursday. At which point DD pipes up - Mum I have my results in 3 days. It finally registered. We have not been talking about it. So
I said we have to plan something to celebrate. She was like no no - we don't need to think or talk about it. Nothing to celebrate - let's move on. So I think she wants to keep it low key. We will do that and just go with the flow. And then maybe remind her the day before. I doubt she will want to wake up to look up the results at 6 but we need to check what time we need to be at school - 9 or 11am.

I ofcourse will be up to check the grade boundaries.

I had created a spreadsheet for DD early last year where I could track the subjects she was doing, the boards, the grade type (numbers or letters) and have updated it as I have got further info through the year I added her mock results, her predicted grades, the format of the exam ie coursework/number of exams, exam dates, and a prediction of grade boundary using previous years/school or guesstimating the 9 to 1 ones.its bizarre to think that I am now updating it with actual results. Found it useful to remember all the facts.

eaglefly are you sure you're not a mzzz clone!

Mzzz is on another level. I am in awe of her skills. Her revision spreadsheet was like a work of art. I couldn't do that. Mine is basically lots of columns because I am rubbish at remembering info and tend to lose important pieces of
Paper at the important times. It's been so complicated to remember all the stuff.

I do keep wondering who you were before, eaglefly. Just had an 'Aw, bless!' moment over your spreadsheet!

Lashings of Clinique moisture surge being applied here as I feel myself visibly aging this week.

Kick My DM's little gem this weekend was asking me if I was putting on weight. I've lost over 2 stone over the past few months through a lot of hard work. Thank goodness your DD's baking habit isn't contagious (although DD made a red velvet cake last weekend).

Personally it's there to pass the time and control what we can control as can't really control anything to do with actual revision or exam taking.

Oh I wish I could see the grade boundaries right now.

I am so an overinvested parent- what am I going to do when they leave Home.

Sticker I'm another one who panicked at the combined science higher 'safety net adjustment' even though dd did the three sciences separately

Also very envious of the baked goods KickBishop - wow! Although admittedly, not helpful if you are trying to shift some weight

Thanks for the clarification re moderation of course work Bluebelle - doesn't sound unreasonable.

Dd is mostly avoiding pre results stress by sleeping - she usually doesn't surface until 2/3 pm.

Ellen yes I am a name changer - have been on the board for some time but posting intermittently.

Checking in. I haven't had a chance to go Mumsnet since this morning.

223 posts in one day! I'm going to catch up now.

eaglefly too cryptic for me!

DS was unnecessarily rude a couple of times yesterday. Its not like him, so i guess he's probably starting to feel the stress of thursday bearing down.

Just 51 hours to go...