Back to school

On 24th March William was sent home from school with flu-like symptoms as the Covid-19 pandemic took hold, and both he and James have not set foot back since that day. All that changes tomorrow when they are finally going back to school for the start of the autumn term. William now in Year 10 and James is Year 8 can you believe it. 

It's actually James I feel for, because he wasn't at St Barts long enough to make proper mates, so has pretty much spent the whole of the past six months at home on his own. William at least left with friends he's been able to keep in touch with over the X-Box and WhatsApp. 

To be fair, James is very self-contained; comfortable in his own company. I worry that, because I work full-time, he misses out on playdates because I don't pick him up from school, don't go to the gym, or run, or make it to coffees, or anything like that. It's a sort of mum FOMO that because I'm working, we're out of the social circle. It was really nice to see him go off for a sleepover the other night with his old mates, he had such a great time (didn't sleep - at all - and came home a happy ghost), and then today he went to the cinema and Nandos with the same gang. Better late than never.

In anticipation of the Big Day, name tapes have been sewn, stationary replaced, masks procured, anti-bac sourced, packed lunches packed. We are ready. 

Next thing you know, one of us is going to get a cold and we'll be back to square one...



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