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Gaining grey hairs
There are some days that make you feel very very old. This was one of them. I don't think I'll go to sleep for some time yet even though it's well past eleven which is pretty late for me.
Henry (my sixteen year old) had his drama AS=level exam today. He thought he'd told me that it started at 7pm. I thought he'd told me it ended at 7pm.
By 8 I was mildly worried. By 9, I phoned the school - no reply. By ten, I'd phoned the police to see if there had been any accidents. At 10.15 I went out to search the route between here and his school and was fearing the worse. There's a point where the pavement often floods and the children have to walk by the edge of the road and the ground is slippery if it's been raining. The only alternative is coming back across the heath which is not a good idea in the dark.
I met him half way to school. I can't really describe how I felt. Relived yes, but I'm so drained that I still can't feel it fully. Angry? Not much. It wasn't deliberate on his part. He honestly thought he'd told me the correct time. I think I'm still feeling a bit numb really. I just feel so tired as though all the emotion has somehow been drained out of me.
Henry (my sixteen year old) had his drama AS=level exam today. He thought he'd told me that it started at 7pm. I thought he'd told me it ended at 7pm.
By 8 I was mildly worried. By 9, I phoned the school - no reply. By ten, I'd phoned the police to see if there had been any accidents. At 10.15 I went out to search the route between here and his school and was fearing the worse. There's a point where the pavement often floods and the children have to walk by the edge of the road and the ground is slippery if it's been raining. The only alternative is coming back across the heath which is not a good idea in the dark.
I met him half way to school. I can't really describe how I felt. Relived yes, but I'm so drained that I still can't feel it fully. Angry? Not much. It wasn't deliberate on his part. He honestly thought he'd told me the correct time. I think I'm still feeling a bit numb really. I just feel so tired as though all the emotion has somehow been drained out of me.
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