GOOD LUCK BRIONY
- 21 September 2008 12:526382Just wanted to stop by and wish Briony all the best as she heads off to university today.
I know you are going to make a brilliant surgeon honey.
I know mum was a wee bit emotional last night at the thought of her baby going away, but I know that Mum and Dad are very very proud of you.
Don't party to hard honey.
Much love to you. Mandie and the DCAL girlies xxxxxxx - 21 September 2008 13:186385Best of luck Briony at Uni.We are all rooting for you.
I spoke to Lukas who has been at Uni one week,lessons or lectures start tomorrow.He has spent the week finding his way around (seems to have found the bar easily enough considering he's not a drinker) and seems to be settling in OK which surprises me as he is still a Mummys boy.
So if my son can do it someone as bright as you will walk it.
best of luck.Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter) - 21 September 2008 18:406388Thanks guys ...Im afraid its more than a bit sad to see her go away. But its for the overall good..isnt it? Will she ever have a job to come back to though?
email: dover7@msn.com - 22 September 2008 07:076402Yes,she will probably be training at the new medical centre in Dover.!!!Thats if we ever get one!!I fear that with all this wrangling that Buckland will close and everyone will still be arguing about what should replace it and where.We will end up with bugger all.
May St Luke guide you.(Patron Saint of Surgeons)Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter) - 22 September 2008 10:596410Good luck Briony, not only will you have a fantastic experience at Uni you will be doing something amazing.
All the very best, Jeane & Les xx - 22 September 2008 12:266412Hi everyone, on behalf of Briony I just want to say a very big thank you for all your kind best wishes. She is now ensconced in her little room at UCL and I'm sure she will be looking in on Doverforum just as soon as she gets connected to the internet up there on her brand new laptop. It was very hard saying goodbye to her as I'm sure all you parents out there will understand but thats the way of things. We sure will miss her smiling face around the house. Lots of luck my darling
Marek, Good to hear that Lukas is settling in nicely and all the best of luck to him too - 22 September 2008 13:086416Good luck to Briony! I'm sure she will have a wonderful time - and it's a new chapter too for the family, with all those visits to a newly-independent daughter to look forward too, and the hols when she returns.
Speaking from experience here - all my three babes went off to university, and it was VERY difficult saying goodbye and leaving them in their rooms (oh, how guilty and mean I felt!). But we had a super time on all our visits, and discovered new places and new things to do, new conversations, and had the absolute delight of watching them grow in confidence, personality, independence, fun ... and at the same time, the odd new experiences of being the mum-on-the-end-of-the-phone, when there were the difficult times ...
I hope you all have a great time, in this new chapter.
Good luck to Lukas too.
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www.doverwarmemorialproject.org.uk - 23 September 2008 07:216448Thanks for that posting Maggie and a very encouraging one it is. Gives us a bit of a lift to see there is some life after this after all. Im feeling flat right now with my 'one and only' having left Dover...and its hard to see how she can ever return in any meaningful way.Sigh!
It will be worse for Colette though having lived with her together there every day.
email: dover7@msn.com - 23 September 2008 17:146479Yes good luck to Briony know she'll do well.