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Crepe Expectations

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Cremolafoam · 03/08/2013 07:32

Will this do?Smile

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Blackduck · 25/08/2013 08:13

Ruby it WILL be fine...
I did school uniform, trip out to local market town, tried to get ds confident on his bike (Ruby any balance tips?)
Then too many pints in the pub (again)...

motherinferior · 25/08/2013 10:22

I am back to the joys of domesticity and feel bored...

MarieOfRoumania · 25/08/2013 10:42

I am living in chaos and packing boxes and disturbed cats, who know that something is up, but are not entirely sure what...

DD1 seems much happier and has hopefully found a travelling companion for the journey up to London at the weekend.

motherinferior · 25/08/2013 10:45

Will her dad and sister be there next weekend or does she want to come to ours? DP, as boarding school survivor, nodded sagely...

Am relieved to find DD1's school results have improved though not as much as hope.

MarieOfRoumania · 25/08/2013 10:48

Oooh, you are kind, MI, but her Dad and sister will be in London next weekend (as will the cats). I am quite tempted to jump on Eurostar and join them rather than spend a weekend here in an entirely empty flat.

hattymattie · 25/08/2013 20:16

Hello everybody - I'm back from sunny Spain where I had no internet. Just skimmed though everything and figured out who Marie of Roumania is Hmm. Also I accepted a FB request which I think may be Queenie but not sure - little black dog on profile pic.

Spain boiling - I'm definitely northern European - I can't move when it's 38. I kept having to go into the sea to cool down which was nice but got stung by a jellyfish! Very cheap there - it cost us about half what we pay in France to eat out.

Now back in grey drizzly Paris but am actually happy to have a bit of rain for a change.

Crem - I was so sorry to hear about DD's results - I hope the remark puts things right. That seems a huge disparity between predicted and actual grade.

Blackduck · 25/08/2013 20:24

Hi Hatty - yes small black dog is QQ...
Where did you go in Spain?
I am really missing the hot weather... Been very dull here the last two days.

Cremolafoam · 25/08/2013 22:22

Hi hatty - welcome back; glad you had a luverly holiday .
Dd suddenly very upset about the exam mark this afternoon- has finally hit her after coing down slowly from holiday buzz.
I am looking at her paper which arrived bt post yesterday.
Confused
No idea tbh. Looks ok to me but I know nada. Consult with the English teacher this week. Whoever marked it was in a very negative frame of mind. If anything it seems to me they were deeply bored marking it. Some of the comments are scathing.Shock
Dd is so unhappy that she sees it as her 'thing' and has in her opinion 'failed' . ( not words id ever use )the idea of resittjng it is really upsetting her as she sees it as second best. Poor kid. A stinging lesson in how unfair Life can be .Choked for her .Sad

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MarieOfRoumania · 25/08/2013 22:45

Crem - hope they get it sorted out for your DD1. It seems horribly unfair.

Cremolafoam · 25/08/2013 22:47

Thanks MoR

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MrsSchadenfreude · 25/08/2013 22:49

Is that better, Hatty? Grin

CointreauVersial · 25/08/2013 23:13

Aww, poor thing. Sad

DD1 arrived back from camping in Cornwall late afternoon, giving me just enough time to bathe and feed her, wash and tumble her clothes and re-pack her suitcase, as she, DD2, and cousins are off to PGL tomorrow morning for the week. No Bank Holiday lie-in for me. But as the place is in Hindhead, DH, DS and I will motor on down the A3 to Portsmouth, for a bit of retail therapy and maybe a spot of luncheon at Gunwharf Quays.

Anything to get away from this grot-box of a house. The builders, having inserted lintels above four of our windows, have departed, but we now have dust everywhere and gaping, draughty holes at the top of each windowframe where the plasterwork has come away. These need the old expanding-foam-and-inept-plastering treatment.

The hole above the playroom/study window is a particular delight; it must be somehow connected to the wasps nest we zapped a couple of days ago, so every few minutes a twitching wasp carcass falls onto the floor beside me.

hattymattie · 26/08/2013 08:15

Ahh Mrs S - all now seems right with the world Wink.

Crem - that's the trouble with English it can be so subjective. I often Wonder what happens with these subjects when the person marking is just having a bad day. It'll be interesting to see what the school says.

CV - we're getting the roofers in next week - I am not looking forward to it. Weather here a bit brighter than yesterday but DD2 has asked for the heating to be put on. I have pointed out that a cardigan may suffice. Hmm

Blackduck · 26/08/2013 09:23

Cremo that is the issue with such subjects, and yes sometimes you start marking something and it goes downhill (done this in the past) - also if you are doing a batch and they are less than stellar you can get in a bit of a rut - but they should be moderated and all that. See what the teacher says, but tht still seems like a big drop.

Off to Alton Towers water park today - oh joy - then hopefully our boiler man will come back tomorrow...

bigTillyMint · 26/08/2013 09:58

Oh CremoSad
As I said earlier, there does seem to be some sort of issue with the ASlevel English marking - how can it be that your DD, friends DS and his friends and some at DH's school have all got much lower grades than expected? Definitely have a look with her English teacher.

BD, rather you than meGrin and CV - (relative) peace for a few days!

I have to trek up to Euston later to meet the DC from the train from Nanny and Grandad's. DH says I should just leave them to make their own way back, but they don't want to go it aloneConfused It has been rather lovely here without themBlush

DH is replacing the felting on the shed roofShock DIY is NOT his strong point so I hope it's OK!

Blackduck · 26/08/2013 10:04

I know BTM - I don't know what on earth possessed me....

Ds off to grandparents again at the end of the week - I've hardly seen him this summer!

motherinferior · 26/08/2013 10:15

I've just realised there is more than a week of me + work + Inferiorettes...oh joy.

bigTillyMint · 26/08/2013 10:17

Yes, MI, I am feeling rather smug that I go back to work a week tomorrow - DH will be at home with them instead!

motherinferior · 26/08/2013 10:22

I also have to sing at a funeral on Thursday. Though have arranged cover for that. I must make a few calls about DD2. DD1 has homework (Grin) friends and Admirers to occupy her Wink

MrsSchadenfreude · 26/08/2013 10:38

I am supposed to be sorting stuff out for the packers who arrive tomorrow. I do not want to do this, and am in a sort of halfway house of chaos. I also need to finish DD2's packing for school (well she is largely doing this, but I have been supervising what goes into the case).

My biggest concern is where all of this stuff is going to go when we get back to our flat.

And I am very worried about the cats.

And am dithering about what to do this weekend - stay in an empty flat in Paris or do I jump onto Eurostar to go back to London for the weekend to surprise them? DD1 will like this, as will the cats. DH will say that there is stuff I could usefully be doing in Paris...

MrsSchadenfreude · 26/08/2013 10:40

I don't know if it is better to get A level papers back or not. I think, the frame of mind I was in when I got my results, negative comments would have pushed me over the edge. On the other hand, it would have been interesting to know how my word perfect translation (confirmed by my teacher who had a look at the papers before they were sent off) resulted in a D grade overall.

motherinferior · 26/08/2013 10:42

MrsS, I'd stay in Paris and spend the Eurostar money on a new frock and dinner Grin

Blackduck · 26/08/2013 10:43

I'd probably be sensible and stay and do stuff (and resent it like mad)

This whole marking thing is depressing.... Mind you god knows what it'll all like like when ds gets there.

I am in an odd frame of mind. Need to get my arse in gear re work, but really want to say stuff it all. Have seriously thought about going home to London. Hum....

MrsSchadenfreude · 26/08/2013 11:01

But there won't be anything to do, as all of the baggage will have gone and I will be rattling around in an empty flat. Sad Journey back won't cost me anything either.

Cremolafoam · 26/08/2013 11:03

Oh mrs S I do know what you mean about moving cats, having done it a few times myself. High stress.
I'd stay in paris tbh though. Might be more rushing and organising than is necessarily good for you. They'll all be fine .
Dd back to school tomorrow and is spending her last day mooching about a city park with friends. She has a frock on , so I suspect there may be a bloke involvedGrin
I am as usual completely unprepared for 'la rentree' and have realised her blazer has been left and forgotten at the dry cleaners who are most likely closed today as it is a bank holiday Shock also her school shoes which are being re-soled. ( I refused to buy yet another new pair for her last year)
Dd not impressed as she starts her job as Head Girl tomorrow morning and now has to give assembly without blazer and shoes Blush
FFS

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