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The Darling Crepes of May

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CointreauVersial · 12/05/2014 17:25

My turn......

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hattymattie · 19/05/2014 19:32

Massive fight between DD'sShock . I fear exam tension is coming to a head - at one point I thought DD2's dinner was going to go flying.

I do wish my girls could get along better.Sad

beachyhead · 19/05/2014 19:53

I feel your pain, Mrs S. I went to see one of our many regulators today. He spoke to me for about an hour, quoting many, many section numbers of things that may be law; I understood about 10 mins of it Grin I came out muttering 'That's your life, not mine. Thank god!' I now have to summarise it and write action points. Ho hum....

I got supportive swimsuits from TKMaxx as well. That was two years ago though, so suspect I may need to go through the trial again.

Blackduck · 19/05/2014 20:22

MrsS I do feel we are too old for multiple choice (or indeed exams)
I was/am down - having a 'I have squandered my talent' moment....

Slap me round the head crepeys...

NearTheWindymill · 19/05/2014 20:44

BD it will have been fine but there is nothing worse than being interviewed by people you will work with again.

For all those who have mother problems I can empathise. It took me until I was past 50 and roamed around Stately Homes to understand that my mother was a narcissist. Just before then dd, who is a forgiving and patient child, came back from a few days there on her own and said "god, how did you put up with her - she's awful and she niggles and makes you feel bad". It took both those things to make me understand it wasn't my fault and probably not hers either really. I'd still like to please her but know I never shall - it would be lovely if she were proud of me and loved me unconditionally but at least now I know she can't because of her and not me. It fucked me up though.

And oh yes, physics, although dd is generally sweet and mild and kind it's been splendiforously unpleasant here.

Blackduck · 19/05/2014 21:15

Close but no cigar ..... Bum ....

motherinferior · 19/05/2014 21:29

@rse, BD. Angry

NearTheWindymill · 19/05/2014 21:37

BD - you may find out they are bastards to work with and that something better will turn up sooner than you think.

Blackduck · 19/05/2014 21:47

Windy snort

They are actually quite lovely (although the Dean is a patronising arse)

Stropperella · 19/05/2014 21:59

Oh that's a shame, BD. :(

MrsS, sorry to hear about your testing travails. And Beachy, your meeting sounds .... extremely annoying.

Physics went reasonably well and so did German. Not sure the outlook is particularly bright for Eng Lit tomorrow, though.

NearTheWindymill · 19/05/2014 22:27

Sounds like we are on similar timetables strops.

SheherazadeSchadenfreude · 19/05/2014 22:30

I adopted Stropps' strategy for O levels - got As in what I was good at, Bs in what I couldn't be bothered with and Cs in everything else. When I didn't get my predicted grades at A level, may I recommend to those with children anxiously awaiting results, not to use my mother's strategy, which was to say "What am I going to do now? I told everyone you were going to university." And when we established that I did indeed have a place at university, even with my pitiful grades, refused to contribute financially towards the grant, telling me she wasn't going to go without her holidays just to fund me, and if I was so keen to go, I should get a job to fund myself. So I didn't go, got a job and left home.

QueenQueenie · 19/05/2014 22:30

Ds1 has cheerfully survived first AS Maths paper. Phew!
He has a hard week this week. 4 more exams - 2 on Friday - then half term to recover a bit before more...

Bad luck BD. I am a firm believer in if you didn't get itit clearly wasn't meant to be so hope you don't feel too downhearted.

Mrs S how completely hideous having to do multiple choice exams. Why? How important is it to pass? Much sympathy. When I had to do a 3 hour exam for the first time in > 20 years a few years ago I was so nervous I thought I was going to be sick.

cremolafoam · 19/05/2014 22:46

Well done nearly getting it bd. Sorry it turned out that way. Wine

Well done dcs getting through yet another day of slog.my dd now has two whole weeks until the next one.
How the heck are we going to sustain her until then.
Sorry The dds are at war Hatty. Fwiw My sister and I used to knock lumps out of one another but are now very good friends , as yours will be in later life.
Beachy mrs S and all those doing training courses , good luck with the writing up and tests. It's enough you have to go to the bloody things without having to remember stuff as well.

Herbs and QQ - Sad I'm in good company it seems.Thanks
MI, hope you are feeling a little stronger today. I'm so crepey I had to have a little lie down in the afternoon.
Seem to be running on empty....

Blackduck · 20/05/2014 05:18

Thanks crepeys - give me a couple of days and I'll bounce back , just feel a bit squashed at the moment...

hattymattie · 20/05/2014 06:36

I'm sorry BD - I thought you'd have itSad. At least they let you know quickly and didn't keep you hanging on.

Mrs S Shock at your mother and uni funding.

Crem thanks for the reassurance about DD's they are on non speakers this morning although DD2 has already wound me up by being sent up to change out of her micro shorts.

Good luck to any exam takers today.

bigTillyMint · 20/05/2014 06:41

Sorry to hear that, BD. I agree with QQ - it just wasn't meant to be. There will be other opportunities out thereSmile

We have interviewees today - I am at a meeting this morning but will be observing this afternoon. I just hate seeing them so nervous.

Rosebag · 20/05/2014 07:42

BD thats a bummer but there is something better out there for you. Mrs S, if a course is incomprehensible I think that's a sign of bad teaching…not a reflection on you. DS has just gone off to his Eng Lit GCSE. Poor DD has YR 9 exams all day like yesterday. I'm driving her in today instead of her taking the bus so she got a bit of extra sleep. She has late finishing rehearsals at Youth theatre on Mon night, and needs her sleep. Then I'm going to a ghastly work meeting to try and work out what's gone wrong with our service. There's a lot of high emotions about it all…I might end up swinging for someone or vice versa. DH has got a shit day, making people redundant…I wonder if someone will swing for him and give him a black eye..Happy Tuesday everyone.

NearTheWindymill · 20/05/2014 07:43

It's always like that when you don't get a job BD. Sorry you're feeling low. Treat yourself to a little something today.

SheherazadeSchadenfreude · 20/05/2014 07:59

Rose - I think it is a reflection on me, TBH. I don't think my brain is made this way. DH took it a few years ago and passed, and said it was easy. I pointed out to him that I found Romanian grammar easy, but he just didn't get it. Anyway, must schlep my sorry arse back to the city...

BD - sorry about the job. I hope they gave you useful feedback. Was it an internal stitch up?

Blackduck · 20/05/2014 08:16

MrsS what is the test?
It was the usual 'you were appoint able, but someone was better' feedback..., i.e not overly helpful.

Anyway seen something else I like more so will haul my sorry arse out of my slough of despond and crack on (deadline Friday)
Windy can I pick your brains?

motherinferior · 20/05/2014 08:25

MrsS, I think the ability to grasp Romanian grammar is rather more valuable than some sodding multiple choice hoohar. I looked at what that was about and my brain froze up. Mainly out of boredom.

BD, not getting a job is pants, but it does look as if there are others.

My Client Difficile is back today. I have had a truly grim night combining period pains, a constant deluge in my pants, the volcanic gut problem I've had for a few days, and vicious heartburn caused by taking too many stomach-irritating painkillers. I am weltering in self-pity.Grin

NearTheWindymill · 20/05/2014 08:31

I was just about to say BD would it help if you asked to meet with the chair of the panel and go through the questions and your answers and identify where your answers were weaker than the other candidates and think about how you could beef them up a bit.

Never assume the panel knows what you can do; they judge on performance and evidence on the day and it's always a good idea to draft some answers to things you sense will come up depending on the job and provide an example. Writing some model answers in anticipation is always helpful. As indeed is taking in a notebook and noting key parts of those two/three part long and awful questions so you don't forget a bit or have to ask for it to be repeated. Also nothing wrong at all in taking your notes/model answers with you and just saying I've a few notes I've made about the job here I hope you won't mind me referring to them - the fact that you've made them probably means you won't need to refer to them!

Blackduck · 20/05/2014 08:50

Good points Windy - I actually know exactly where I 'lost' it and I suspect the person who got it is in the same School and thus gave the perfect answer. So BD the moral is 'do you homework'!

cremolafoam · 20/05/2014 14:23

oh MI may i join you in the pool of self-pity? ( tummy panel cozies will be worn) I have lain awake all night with this throbbing leg pain. Hurts when i stand , hurts when i lie down, hurts when i sit, hurts especially when i turn over in bed. Sciatica is literally A Pain In The Arse Angry
Your poor tum MI - i hope it improves today.
I meanwhile am hobbling and making up new swear words each time I perambulate.

motherinferior · 20/05/2014 15:15

I have retired to bed with some review copies. Emerging occasionally to field emails from CDiff.