Oh Boy did WE make a mistake!
Gwilym's first two days have gone really well.
For him
And we are really thankful.
For us - well yesterday we spent almost the whole day in the car. Today was better, though the sooner we move to Pessac the better!
But we HAVE to leave earlier in the morning! We were about ten minutes late leaving the house and we found that the road leading to the rocade through Villenave was clogged within 200 m of our house! We've never seen anything like that before.
So I took a swift left through Chambéry, which was clear, and got to the rocade.
It was clogged.
So I took a swift right into Talence thinking "How do I get through Talence to the centre of Pessac?".
Basically I didn't know, so I followed the crowds when it felt right, followed my nose when that felt right, then followed signs to Pessac once they appeared.
I said "If you aren't late this morning it will be a miracle!"
One small miracle later Gwilym arrived at his school, on time. Pat took him to the gate and I drove Catrin off to her school. She was a few seconds late.
But that wasn't the mistake. The mistake was on the back of Gwilym's Big Book. You have to give permission for him to leave school if a teacher is absent, leave school if his last period is a study period, leave school if his first lesson is cancelled and leave school alone at lunchtime and hometime, etc. Since all he could do at the moment is wander around Pessac breaking windows and beating up old ladies we answered no to everything.
Big Mistake! This means we have to park the car at Pessac and go and get him from the school. And parking in Pessac is BEDLAM. BEDLAM! I have never seen anything like it in my life.
So we are going to change the instructions quick (nobody's read them yet) and meet him at the church or something. That way we might get through this time without being verbalised.
Of course, once we move he'll be able to cycle to school up the excellent cyclepath. And once the tram opens in May 2007 then the wonderful bus/tram/bus route starts to work.
For him
And we are really thankful.
For us - well yesterday we spent almost the whole day in the car. Today was better, though the sooner we move to Pessac the better!
But we HAVE to leave earlier in the morning! We were about ten minutes late leaving the house and we found that the road leading to the rocade through Villenave was clogged within 200 m of our house! We've never seen anything like that before.
So I took a swift left through Chambéry, which was clear, and got to the rocade.
It was clogged.
So I took a swift right into Talence thinking "How do I get through Talence to the centre of Pessac?".
Basically I didn't know, so I followed the crowds when it felt right, followed my nose when that felt right, then followed signs to Pessac once they appeared.
I said "If you aren't late this morning it will be a miracle!"
One small miracle later Gwilym arrived at his school, on time. Pat took him to the gate and I drove Catrin off to her school. She was a few seconds late.
But that wasn't the mistake. The mistake was on the back of Gwilym's Big Book. You have to give permission for him to leave school if a teacher is absent, leave school if his last period is a study period, leave school if his first lesson is cancelled and leave school alone at lunchtime and hometime, etc. Since all he could do at the moment is wander around Pessac breaking windows and beating up old ladies we answered no to everything.
Big Mistake! This means we have to park the car at Pessac and go and get him from the school. And parking in Pessac is BEDLAM. BEDLAM! I have never seen anything like it in my life.
So we are going to change the instructions quick (nobody's read them yet) and meet him at the church or something. That way we might get through this time without being verbalised.
Of course, once we move he'll be able to cycle to school up the excellent cyclepath. And once the tram opens in May 2007 then the wonderful bus/tram/bus route starts to work.
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