Baby there's a shark in the water

Intense day when the heavy load breaks through the veneer of calm. And then the family stuff you still have to sort out after work. Having kids at secondary school at the moment it sometimes feels like you are a complete parental fail if your kids haven't made their career choice, let alone their subject choice by age 5 or at birth. Just feels a bit too much of a hot house with closed Windows. But such is the way of the world and us parents worry far more than the kids who just ride through each term as it comes with the odd life affirming battle scar.

And on the theme of parental guilt I thought I had stuffed up Sam's chance of a nature boy work placement after a bit of radio silence about the request...and then he hit me with the news when I picked him up from school that it had all worked out okay doke. Couldn't stop smiling and telling everyone, part relief I hadn't mucked things up and part relief he was really happy. The Ranger came all the way to school just to see him and sort the risk assessment out and his biology teacher has put the whole thing in motion for him. Totally lightened my load and head for the rest of the night.

And in other good news, the GParents had to do dog duty for the first time at lunchtime, all fears unfounded, they even coped with the mad time forest walk. And then there was the vet visit at night, but crazy but Beth did cope. And to finish off, I went solo beach combing for a good two hours till late which blew cluttered cobwebs away for a bit.

I should be more like Thumper, and observe life from a safe distance.