Three updates to the blog in one day. Very unusual. Today was A Level results day in England. Nikki had been offered a place at Hertfordshire university, doing Physiotherapy, conditional on getting 3 B grades at A Level. Results were out at 11am but Nikki was working this morning so didn’t get to get her results until 1:30pm. Unfortunately she had 2 B’s and a C. To say she was ‘in bits’ would be an understatement. There were tears of disappointment. Particularly because one of her B’s was a few marks short of an A, and the C a few marks short of a B.

After calming down I suggested that she looked at the UCAS web site anyway and see what was posted there – as she was close, there was still a chance, albeit a small one she may get the place after all. So, she signed on – and there it was ‘congratulations, place confirmed’. Nikki hurriedly went to the phone and called admissions, and they confirmed she had a place. So, then we had tears of joy and relief.

Nikki will start uni at the end of September.

Ellie is pleased as she tells us she is having Nikki’s room!