Good news

Don't think too hard about the US assault on Samarra happening today, or it could spoil your enjoyment of everyday pleasures.

Here's the happy news.
1. Arrival of first giro. Thanks Agnes Hagess- I knew you were helping, even when I went spare.

2. School reports and parents' nights for both kiddos this week- shining. The wee one (P5) is 'extremely able in all subjects, inquisitive, confident, independent, helpful and sometimes astonishing in her knowledge'. The big galumpher (S2) got mostly E's and F's, with the familiar warnings that he should focus better.

In some kind of PC reversal, F's are what were formally known as A's in my day. He even got a few F+'s (in English), much to our mutual amusement. Luckily he scored best in the subjects he wants/ we want him to take for Standard Grade at credit level. Maths, English and French are compulsory, and he's taking the three sciences and two social studies subjects, Modern Studies and History, for the free options. His Religious and Moral Education (RME) and Art teachers have each been lobbying for him to take these for Standard Grade too, but there isn't room, sadly, within the curriculum. He got almost all F's for those (snort), and I'm very proud of them both.