Busy week, pleasant day

It has been a very busy week - just one of those weeks when there is lots on; on top of my usual week's work I had a parents' night, transition visits, a transition parents' meeting, two days out of school on a Duke of Edinburgh expedition, SQA exams to prompt and transcribe for, Alasdair's Higher English exam and David's Int 2 Admin exam and Int 2 English exam. I am tired but pleased that everything went really well; of course we won't know about Ally and Davie's results until August but I know that they both did their best, they certainly worked hard. Ally was a bit disappointed with the questions in the critical essay which were not quite what he wanted, but he pressed on and says that he is happy with what he wrote. Davie was very pleased with his Macbeth question which tied in exactly with what he had prepared, however by the time he got to his poetry question he says he was so tired that he could hardly stay awake! It must have been a very tiring day for both of them. Davie felt that his Admin exam went quite well, and he is pleased that his exams are now over whereas Ally has to soldier on until the 6th of June. So on Friday evening I was in a great mood of relief and achievement, enhanced by Jamie coming home from Dundee for the weekend. We watched a very good wee film called "The Suspicions of Mr Whicher" which was based on true events, and had a nice dinner. Fairly early night and I woke up feeling brand new. This morning we went to buy suits for James, which went off remarkably harmoniously and he got two really nice suits, one checked with a wee bit of purple thread through grey, and the other a sort of gun metal grey. I tried to persuade James to buy a panama hat but he doesn't think he would wear it much. Jamie then arrived into town by train and the three of us had a lovely lunch at Jamie Oliver's on George Square. We had a really nice chat too, and Jamie was telling us all his news. We had a laugh as he and James had to decapitate and fillet their fish (plaice for James and sea bass for Jamie). And on the way home we stopped at a showroom and looked at tiles and I think we have chosen our tiles for the extension. We were discussing what to call the new room. Conservatory? (it isn't one really). Garden room? Morning room? I like Back Room. We will have to discuss this some more. So, a useful and pleasant day.