Friday 15 May 2009

The end of a stressful week!

Well, this has been a very hormonal household this week - Nick has been at RAF Cranwell all week, and Polly has had a full week of Year 6 SATS exams to sit. I am now shattered, having woken up at 4am every morning wondering how Nick has been getting along! The good news is that, out of 27 candidates who arrived for officer selection training on Monday, Nick was one of only 10 who made it through to the end of the week. He has passed all the tests, medicals, aptitude tests, exercises and interviews, and we now have to wait a further 3 or 4 weeks to find out if he was good enough to be offered a commission as a pilot officer with the RAF. I hope my nerves will stand the wait, never mind Nicks!
Polly is now glad to have her brother back home, and equally happy to have finished her exams too. She goes away for a 4 day school trip tomorrow to Bamburgh, and is both excited at the thought of her first holiday away from us, and nervous at how she will cope without us for so long! I am sure she will be fine. Meanwhile, it is very strange to have both of our children soundly asleep so early on a Friday evening!

Sunday 10 May 2009

Nick's A to Z is nearly finished!






I only have 4 pages left to scrap, so Nick's A to Z is almost finished. Spent a lovely day yesterday with Leeds Paper Dolls, Susy helped me cover the album, and I also scrapped Nicks "Q" page. I have deliberately left his R page blank for now, it will be titled "RAF" but as he goes to Cranwell on Tuesday for his officer selection, I am waiting to see if he is successful before making the page. He is SO nervous bless him, as he wants to fly more than anything. He didn't make it last year, so we are really hoping that this year will see his dream come true.