Earlier on in the invasion of, sorry, the “special military operation” involving Ukraine, there appeared be be support of the Russian cause on social media from China. I ended up in debates with a few Chinese tweeters, most of whom ended up blocking me. It was interesting to see the perspective they had on different issues though.
My daughter had her history exam today. She was in a good mood afterwards, so fingers crossed, she did well. She enjoyed a question about the end of the Vietnam War which others did not.
I had the day off for my appraisal myself. It went better than I thought it would, though I have not done as much as I had hoped since my last one. I do need to improve my communication skills, something my wife was not surprised about.
She did enjoy me being at home as this meant that we were able to test drive a car together. Her contract on her current car ends soon and she has been looking at replacements. I had tried to convince her to get a Tesla, but she was not too keen on it and looks like she may go for a hybrid Volvo. Not sure how my kids will like that!
My daughter said that yesterday was the worst day of her life. She had three papers and due to this, for part of the day was in isolation, having exams on psychology, biology and the foreign language option that she took.
My wife would normally make her breakfast but I did today instead along with a cup of tea. Her exam today is in English (Language I think). Here is hoping that she does well. I did have to leave her alone for a bit before she went in as my son needed a lift to get into school. I have noted a habit of his that he does not need a lift on other days, but needs one on a Wednesday when I am working from home...
They started to be mean to me last night. It began with a message on WhatsApp after full time yesterday. Then today one of my colleagues talked about drinking Newcastle Brown Ale while wearing a Spurs necklace honouring her dead parents. It was wrong of me to tell her to F off (I did apologise after). Even the Chelski fan piled in! My only consolation is that our old manager has left, who also supported The Scum.
If someone had told me that we would finish in fifth place after our beginning to the season, I would have taken it. But we had the chance to finish in fourth and also above The Scum. It may still happen, we have had last day escapes before. But I doubt it.
Today is the big day. Three GCSE papers in one day. I hope that my daughter does well, all my wife can do is cross our fingers and pray. No matter what happens, we are proud of her.
