3 down, 1 to go.

This is our Joe and his delightful girlfriend Vicki. Tonight is a special night for him. It's his school Prom. School's out for him, just the fun for a few months before University (fingers crossed, that's not a given this year with the shambles created by the government fee-free-for-all!).

Indeed, such is the chaos created by this lunatic University Fee debacle, that poor Joe has a back-up University asking for higher grades than his first choice University!...why?, because the competition is so high for places from last years 'gap' returnees and this years non-gap students wanting to avoid the increased fees, who under the old system would doubtless have taken a gap year, that Joe only ended up with 2 offers...and ordinarily....hold on, this is for another rant, another day.

Tonight, it's about our Joe, growing up, bidding farewell to; his school, Hampton - which has been amazing; to many of his friends - although a number will doubtless be near for years to come and most importantly; to his boyhood.

Somehow seeing him in his DJ, even though he was 18 a couple of months ago, brought home to us that our third baby has grown up. He's off to the Ball - unfortunately without Vicki as the school had to restrict the number of female guests - and will not return until tomorrow.

Perhaps it's my age, and perhaps because it's nearly the last day of June, or him passing from boy to man, made me think of this song.

PS - and yes...those are Jimmy Choos...that she would have worn, had she been able to accompany him!
PPS - Oh...and there is an upside for them, grades permitting, they have offers from the same Uni...for the same course! Bless.