Wednesday 15th May

Early start for me this morning, as I’m back into the summer GCSE Invigilation season. Early being a relative concept when you’re a house husband. After my hope that summer was arriving it is bucketing down this morning, so I’m hiding under a large golf umbrella as I walk to the school. All is going well until I stand on a wobbly paving stone and water shoots up to soak my other foot. Aesthetically, paving stones are much nicer than tarmac but tarmac doesn’t move.

It’s a two hour exam which gives me plenty of thinking time, but it’s funny how the thoughts don’t come and the time just drifts peacefully by. There is no great excitement during the exam and everything proceeds as it should. By the time I come out the rain has stopped which is useful as I’ve got the papers to deliver.

After lunch it’s bright and breezy as I deliver the papers. Unfortunately the end of my round coincides with a local primary school finishing, and I am amazed at the haphazard and in some cases frankly dangerous parking by the assorted parents and grandparents. Traffic for an hour while the schools around here kick out in the afternoon is bad, but the parking really is the icing on the cake.

I get home in time to do the ironing before putting together what can only be described as an eclectic tea, combining celery soup, gammon, pizza, Bombay potatoes, chips and salad. Trust me it tasted better than it sounds.

In the evening Mrs P the teenagers and myself go to visit the ailing one in hospital, it being the night before the big operation, and find him in good spirits having been moved to a different ward in anticipation of tomorrows events. On returning home I get to watch football on TV for the second evening running which is a nice result for me.

Yours enjoying the football.

Jay