Checkmate!

Game Set and Match to Blondie

Granny has had one hell of a day so this blog will probably be short, miserable and bloody depressing.

What started off as a lovely day got progressively worse by the hour. Granny picked her new car up from the garage (the one she has been waiting 3 months for) and was in high spirits ( and no not the alcohol type).

It was a good start to what was going to be a hard day ahead.

The 2nd part of the exam at college was waiting. As usual, Blondie wasn't around to oversee that the classroom was fit for purpose and it was left to Mr A to get it sorted and he made a great job of organising it.

Granny made some errors on the paper last week but could correct them this week to hopefully get the rest of the paper right.

But what did the old bird do - she faffed around and wasted 3 hours trying to get her net profit sorted and ended up not being able to complete the paper.

Towards the final section of the paper Granny had a little talk to herself and asked why the hell she was putting herself through this, she didn't really want to do it anyway, so she made an executive decision and decided to call a halt to it all.

The old gal gathered up her bits and bobs and shoved them into her trolley and signalled to Blondie that she needed a word in his ear.

Granny had to wait a little while before she could talk to the old git, but in Granny's eye it was worth waiting for as she would be finally rid of this crap and be able to start living a normal life again without having the extra worries.

Granny told Blondie not to bother marking her paper because she wouldn't be coming back and she had had enough and this would be the last time she would be at the college.

Blondie was quite surprised by Granny's little outburst and went on to say not to throw in the towel as the end was in sight.

He said he would mark the paper anyway and to come back after the Easter holidays and we could talk it through and take it from there. Granny nodded in agreement just to pacify him but she had already made her mind up.

Granny and Blondie's Bitch went to Zen to meet up with Kinky to tell him the bad news that Granny would be leaving "the team".

None of us were our chirpy selves, we have all had enough of Blondie's teaching methods and today just finally put the nail in the coffin lid.

Granny was in two minds whether to go home and not bother with the evening class, but decided to attend and at least show some courtesy to the other tutor and explain the situation.

Granny sat through the whole evening and didn't feel under any pressure because she knew she was going and the old gal found that she quite enjoyed the evening and finally managed to understand some of the lesson that she was doing. Sods law!

Once the lesson was finished Granny met with the tutor outside the classroom and explained the situation. She was absolutely lovely about it and did not want Granny to throw it all away after coming so far.

This lovely lady actually cared and has offered extra tuition to get Granny through. The old bird could not be churlish and refuse this help and has agreed to see it through.

Normally Granny is a fighter but feels as though she is up against a brick wall with Blondie (oh god perish the thought). He doesn't instill any positivity and only dishes out negative comments which have a very demoralising effect.

The college will be closing for two weeks due to Easter, but Granny will still be attending and getting the extra tuition that has been offered and hopefully, Granny can salvage something out all this mess.

See you in two weeks if Granny hasn't done one!