Exams for the boys

Ally and Davie are both in full exam mode now. Ally has his A levels and Davie has his Higher Prelims. We are going to see how his prelims go before having another meeting with his head teacher. This morning James was in London and the rest of us slept in a bit. Ally, who had foolishly studied until 5 a.m., realised that his exam was at nine in the morning rather than in the afternoon as his other exams have been, and went into a mixture of panic and rage. I called a taxi and he left the house at twenty past eight, arriving just in time for his exam. He later told me that it had gone fine. Meanwhile it was an important day for Jamie too; he had a big presentation to give to his whole department on the progress of his dissertation. I phoned him in the evening and he felt it had been good, he is never particularly nervous about presentations and in fact has to be careful not to be TOO relaxed and informal. James phoned from London in the afternoon to say that his meeting had finished early, but his flight could not be brought forward so he went for a walk around the centre of the city. I rather wished that I could be there with him. After work I babysat Chris' two lovely little girls while he went to a meeting, they were so sweet and were delighted with the box of toys that I keep for occasions such as this. Later on we watched the first episode of the second series of Mad Men, James and I are becoming obsessed with this programme!