The Sunday Before
The Sunday before the Eleven Plus examinations is approaching. The last thing you want to do is to mention the examination. By now you will have done your best. Your child will have done his or her best. The work is done, the talking is over. So how on earth are you going to fill your day?
8.00 Take the pre examination candidate a glass of warm water with a little lemon. This will flush the kidneys.
8.20 Run the bath for the pre examination candidate. Lay out the clothes just like you used to do in the old days.
8.30 Supply favourite breakfast. Try to avoid serving the meal as if it was the last meal of a condemned man.
8.45 Insist that you will do the washing up and that you do not require any help from any spouse or child. (Martyr?)
9.00 Depart for the swimming pool.
11.30 Supply further sustenance.
By now you are feeling the strain. Leave the children with the grand parents. Retire to the pub for a liquid lunch. Sleep lunch off. Ask to have the kids delivered. Allow the rest of the day to dissolve into a gental daze.
8.00 Take the pre examination candidate a glass of warm water with a little lemon. This will flush the kidneys.
8.20 Run the bath for the pre examination candidate. Lay out the clothes just like you used to do in the old days.
8.30 Supply favourite breakfast. Try to avoid serving the meal as if it was the last meal of a condemned man.
8.45 Insist that you will do the washing up and that you do not require any help from any spouse or child. (Martyr?)
9.00 Depart for the swimming pool.
11.30 Supply further sustenance.
By now you are feeling the strain. Leave the children with the grand parents. Retire to the pub for a liquid lunch. Sleep lunch off. Ask to have the kids delivered. Allow the rest of the day to dissolve into a gental daze.
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