What would I do without you?

This morning we managed to turn what could so easily have been a disaster into, if not a triumph exactly, at least a worthwhile exercise. Some weeks ago the Boy had a letter from Uni asking him to confirm his offer of a place by the end of April (still time!) and to invite him and us to a ‘Family Day’ at the site. This was to be held on March 5th. So we made a note of the date on the calendar, pinned the letter to the board and put it to the back of our minds. Yesterday evening I asked him his plans for the weekend, and gently reminded him about the Uni date.

Boy: “Ooo yes, well remembered Mum!”
Me: “What time is it, and where do we go?”
Boy: “Dunno. ‘Spect it’s on the letter.”

So I go and get the letter and have a read ... and pop upstairs again.

Me: “Have you actually read this letter?”
Boy: “Yes”
Me: “All of it?”
Boy: “Durr, yes of course.” *rolls eyes*
Me: “Including the bit about having to book by March 1st?”

Long pause as Boy snatches letter and reads it.

Boy: “Where does it say that?”
Me: “On the other side of the paper.”

Another long pause.

Boy: ”But that’s stupid! Nobody reads the other side of pages. How can they expect me to look there?”

The future of the nation isn’t looking bright if turning a page is too technical. Especially for a prospective engineer. Anyway, we went, and discovered that, as I’d suspected, it wasn’t actually that formal and it didn’t really matter that we hadn’t booked. What’s more it was interesting and we learned some useful info about scholarships and applying for loans and all that sort of stuff. Which is good.