Friday 19th Apr

Another early start today as me and the eldest are off to another test centre (see Monday 15^th Apr), and it’s better safe than sorry getting through the city and out the other side before rush hour. We arrive in plenty of time and after a quick drive around the bus station - the joys of a town that you don’t know, and their one way system - we find the test centre. The eldest is re-sitting her Learner Driver Theory Test, and I sit outside round the corner, in the car nervously like an expectant father for an hour, unable to do much but listen to the radio and hope. Eventually the phone rings and it’s the eldest, I took a deep breath and answered to hear a very happy girl. Success and relief in equal measures, now I just have to get her back to school on time. Next stop the actual practical test, other road users beware.

I get back and tidy up the stuff that came out of last night’s talk; Mrs P is already saying I should book some more, she obviously doesn’t want me in the house. Unfortunately, I didn’t write everything down and so I was playing catch-up this afternoon. That’s a lesson learned.

After making tea I get the eldest to drive the youngest to cricket; with me as the passenger, obviously. A slightly stressful experience this evening partly down to the other idiots on the road, but I manage to stay calm. On the bright side its Mrs P’s car taking the flak.

Mrs P takes the eldest out to drop her off, and to my mind she is stunningly inappropriately dressed, but she just looks at me as if I’m 90 years old. However she is still happy to accept jay-le-taxi collecting her at midnight, though I’m not allowed to come to the door, I have to wait around the corner; I really am the embarrassing dad syndrome.

Yours happy to embarrass the kids

Jay