My last post was supposed to be about my eldest child. Given the trials and tribulations over the last 12 months it became more of a Covid affected travelogue (and E. has reminded me that she did make it back successfully to meet A at college during the February School half term in Dubai).
In fact A reached a significant milestone this year as he celebrated his 20th birthday in October - very hard to believe that it is so long since we welcomed him into the world (as recorded in past blog posts) I was in fact in Cyprus at the time of his rather unexpected arrival but ultimately made it back the same time even if a little late.
As noted previously, expat life for a teenager in Dubai is not really suitable preparation for student life in UK and some of the tales A came back with after his first year at college were somewhat hair raising. He has however remained very much true to himself - quiet, unassuming and a very pleasant person to be around. He still takes great pleasure in his on-line gaming but also in his role-playing activities and the models he had prepared for his D&D society were excellent.
He joined in all the activities for our Summer holiday - and was a great companion as we drove around Kefalonia during our trip and was more than happy to go snorkelling in the Yellow Submarine or explore the roman remans nearby. It was great to have him along.
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