Firstly, we visited Richard and Sheila. Thank you so much for making us feel so welcome and for sharing your research. It has been the highlight of my summer.
I have been unable to do any other family history this summer.
Dear daughter has graduated but unable to find a job. Something she is not at all happy with. She has only just received her jobseekers allowance from signing on in July. However local council were straight on at us to pay council tax, so have had to visit them several times and contend with phone calls from them. Thats what you get for being honest. At the same time, she has been involved in several choir commitments - making it impossible to settle into any kind of routine. She has joined the local gym and has volunteered to work in Bernardo's charity shop to gain some work experience. It is like living with a whirlwind.
Dear son has spent the summer in anticipation of A level results and the disappointment that the degree he wanted to take has been cancelled. Being restricted to the local university meant that he has had to opt for something he didn't really want to do. He did really well in his exams getting grades B,B,C. Now he is stressing over the actual going. There is no sign of his student finance being sorted out...so we are wondering if he is getting any money when he starts. Nobody seems to know what is happening. We are also trying to sort out DSA which has meant more meetings and more upset. He has a big assessment coming up this week, hope it is not too bad. The lady at the university was at pains to point out that university is all about being "independent", it's all so emotionally draining dealing with people that I feel do not understand the nature of the problem and just make you question yourself and your own judgement. Anyways he starts university on the 23rd of September, so I hope we can get into some kind of routine after then.
On top of all this, dear daughter persuaded me to change to broadband and we have a new laptop which has a different system to what we have been use to. What has happened is that I don't feel comfortable using this now, I have lost all my favourite websites, and have less time on the computer as it has become very popular ..........
I hope to get back to the Wilcocksons some time soon.
