Watching for pigs on the wing

Great news from Jamie on Tuesday - he phoned me at work just after twelve and I could tell that something had happened from a certain jocular tone in his voice. Turns out that he had heard that his 3rd year results were coming out early and he had been checking on his computer all morning. At twelve he got the news; he has passed his 3rd year exams first time! So no re-sits! I was relieved and delighted for him, he has worked so hard this year and he deserves this success. When he had to repeat 2nd year I tried to get him to look on the bright side; that he was so young for his year group that an extra year of consolidation might do him good in the long term. And it could be that this has worked out! I was very touched that he had phoned me as soon as he got his results, nice that he thought about his old mum! In the evening James and I went to see "Brit Floyd" at the Clyde Auditorium, a Pink Floyd tribute band which James assures me was very authentic. I liked some of it, for example "Wish you were here", "Shine on Crazy Diamond" and "Great Gig in the Sky", but some of it was simply appalling and actually hurt my head - "Echoes" and "One of these days" from the "Meddle" album were particularly tuneless and dire. James however thinks that it is very clever music with reverberations and echoes. But I don't need music to be clever, I need it to have a good tune. It was nice to see James enjoying himself though, he was singing along with all the lyrics. And the stage show was good, with images, lights and even the front half of a giant inflatable pig floating in from stage left! Wednesday's main event was Ally's Maths Higher. Ruth came round the night before for a final two hour tutoring session! Ally felt that it went all right - next one is History on Friday.