Results Day

I had to go in to college early this morning for the dreaded Results Day, and I realised I've lost the hang of the whole morning routine thing. I struggled to get out of bed on time, I couldn't find my bicycle lock, and - the bit that really brought my disorganisation home to me - I had just stepped out of the front door when I realised I hadn't put any shoes on.

Ah well. I still have 11 days before I have to return to my tightly-scheduled, too-busy-to-think term-time life. For now, I'm going to enjoy my barefoot, non-clock-watching existence.

My students' results seem pretty good as far as I could tell from running my eye down the lists. A few who've underperformed, several who've done unexpectedly well, and a lot who've got what I expected them to. So that's reassuring.

And Stephen's results are great. A's in Media Studies and Philosphy, and a B in English Lit. He's slightly disappointed, as he missed an A by 9 marks in Eng. Lit, but I think he's done wonderfully. One more year and then he'll be off to uni ... It seems like just days ago he was toddling across the lawn outside the library on the Maritzburg university campus.