hat the results of Mac's first parents evening matched mine. His art work was displayed on the wall, examples of his Numbers and Words were blu-tacked to his table and his teacher, by the time we got to him, was suffering from a rictus grin and a bad hair day.The general gist was "Mackenzie is a likeable, friendly student who gets on well with his classmates" which I naturally took to mean "class clown" - just like me. Also "Mackenzie needs to listen to instructions carefully and sometimes finds his natural exuberance a little difficult to quell" which David took to mean "unable to focus and rowdy". Again, just like me!
However, we were charmed when a number of other parents were dragged over to meet Mac who was suffering from a rare case of shyness surrounded, as he was, by so many adults proclaiming "So, you're Mac!". We headed out of school and onto Pizza Hut as a treat and our pride and joy kept us entertained with tales of school and informed us that "Melissa eats chalk mummy" which is nothing to laugh at but the face he pulled when he informed us of this fact made me choke on my stuffed crust.
My First Aid course is not a barrel of laughs. I'm on day two and it's hard going.....I came over faint at one point when I had to set a "dislocated arm", the dummy was very realistic (and was called Kevin). Day three tomorrow is Burns and Scalds and Dressings in the morning with Resus Annie putting in an appearance in the afternoon......Thursday morning is a quick recap and then a written test in the afternoon. There's six others on the course and the instructor (Malcolm) has an alarming habit of leaping from one subject to another which isn't wildly helpful.
Still, Liz from Physio and I are having a good old giggle, especially when we were given four rolled up bandages each and told to "deal with the angled object" on two of our male colleagues. They blushed, we snorted with laughter and set to our task with gusto. Liz successfully managed to secure the angled object "sticking out" of Bill the Porter's leg whereas Gavin the Security Guard and I got sidetracked as we looked out of the window at a woman attempted to reverse a BMW into a parking space big enough only for a Mini Cooper.
I wouldn't like to see my report, I tell you that much although I suspect Malcolm would like to suspend me with immediate effect.
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Wait till you get to mouth to mouth resuscitation. That's a thrill you'll never forget.
I would definitely come over faint at having to reset a dislocated arm. Could never be a nurse dealing with that stuff. I remember doing a St. John's Ambulance course once, many years ago and I gave up half way through because I couldn't fathom out how to fix the triangular bandage. I realised first aid just wasn't for me.
Well done to Mackenzie, you're obviously a very proud mummy.
CJ xx
One suggestion: don't save the teacher's reports about Mac's progress. At least, don't save them for his sake.
When I moved the last of my storage from her attic, my mother took the opportunity to send along things such as my third-grade teacher's report. Turns out I "didn't apply myself" to math because I was too busy reading horse books.
Honestly? Not something I would have wanted saved for forty years.
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