Back to school!

[gothams3rdrobin]

Rowan and I attended an open day at his primary school yesterday afternoon.

It was simultaneously awe-inspiring and frightening. Plus there was a lot of nostalgia since this is the same school I attended from the age of five, when we moved from Barry Island at the very end of my first year of school.

We all congregated in the main hall where the headmaster gave a little speech before someone else - the head of the infant unit, or something - said a little more and handed out some booklets and stuff. This was painful as not only were the parents there, but also the children. Imagine a room full of four year olds, plus some even younger siblings, all bored and wanting to play. It got very, very noisy in there.

Rowan was very excited to be there, and as soon as we got to his future classroom he immediately began playing with the toy food laid out on a picnic blanket in the story corner. There are several kids from his nursery in his class, and they apparently spend a lot of time with the other class so he'll get to see quite a bit of the other kids from the nursery also attending the school. It's great that he's starting there with at least a handful of friends - I never ever had that advantage at any of the four schools I attended, or at college.

I think I was the one freaked out by the whole experience. My head was swimming when we left.

They have this wierd system of having sets of kids starting on different dates. Plus, for the first week and a half they only stay till noon. Which is a nightmare for parents who work, let me tell you! Thankfully, since Rowan's not five yet, I can get the nursery to keep him on their books for a couple more weeks, till he's finally there for the entire day. They have an arrangement with the school to collect kids from the nursery class so hopefully it shouldn't be a problem.

Incidentally? Some of you may be amused to know that his headmaster - known in the US as a 'priciple' - is a Mr Skinner...

I set aside some time last night to watch the Josh Charles DVD phoebesmum is letting me borrow, called 'Seeing Other People'. I can totally see your point, hon...not the greatest film in the world. Personally I'm wondering if perhaps Josh should be having words with his agent - anything he's not headlining seems to absolutely suck...paying the mortgage is all well and good, but man...

Though I gotta say, I think it was worth it just for the line "Don't be frightened of my hard-on. It's your friend." Bwhaa!

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[phoebesmum.livejournal.com]

I was rather impressed by '... river of snatch' myself. Such lyrical imagery! But I do like 'fuckathon', and may adopt it to my own usage.

Anyway! You've seen it, and never have to watch it again. I may screencap weeJosh's scenes at some point. I don't want to be putting Region 1 DVDs in and out of my pooter, though, i believe it buggers up the drive, or something. (/technical.)

[gothams3rdrobin.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking perhaps I'd already seen it, a long time ago and probably very late at night, since the final scene out on the lawn feels familiar....

If you like I can see about doing that for you, since my PC's still set to region one at the moment. Are there any specific Josh scenes you'd like?

[phoebesmum.livejournal.com]

That would be nice, if you felt like doing it. Any scene where he looks pretty ... I'd like the shots of him on the massage table at the beginning, even if he does pronounce 'masseuse' to rhyme with 'moose' - and I'd love the scene where he's on the sofa with whatever-the-male-lead's-called and has his bare feet propped up. I may or may not have a bit of a foot fixation. I'm admitting nothing. Thank you!

[gothams3rdrobin.livejournal.com]

*chuckles* I had a feeling you'd be after the masseuse scene. I was already considering capping that just for the heck of it.

Sure, I should be able to get plenty for you.

[catwalksalone]

Big School! Scary. I know it's a pain, but staggered entry is really good for the kids. And the half days also - they get extremely tired if they go straight into whole days. Though this may be good for you!

My favourite is when the nursery and reception are next door to each other and the doors are kept open between them for the first term until the children are settled. Great idea.

Oops, my teacheriness is coming through. Will put it away now.

[gothams3rdrobin.livejournal.com]

It's not such a problem in Rowan's case, since he's in nursery from nine till whenever I go collect him. Usually that's about four pm, though I can leave him there till six if I have stuff I need to do.

Back when I was working full time he was in there from eight till six. But that irritated me as it felt like all I was doing was sitting him down for his breakfast and dressing him in the mornings, and then in the evening just giving him his tea, bath and putting him to bed. So that's why I went part time, even though I could really do with my old full-time wages. Plus I knew I'd have a hard time coping once school started.

But in general? Yeah, I can understand the idea behind it. I remember how hard it was getting used to my college classes being till five pm, after so long finishing at three thirty.