It’s a cool evening, feels much cooler now.

Chiara has had a hot bath 🛁 and she’s sitting in her bathrobe and I have trimmed her nails for her. She has arranged all she’s wearing tomorrow on her bedroom chair 🪑 and she will just have her hair brushed in the morning after her ablutions before she gets dressed.

She does look good in her school uniform, she always wears a camisole under her blouse, and fresh cotton underwear 🩲 with her skirt, she wears socks too as her shoes are still a little harsh on her heels. When her hair is dressed and she has her jacket on I get a lump in my throat!

We collect her friends, as we go out to the road to the school. It’s not too long a journey going there, and I have to go to work afterwards. I am the driver three days a week, the other days are shared by the other parents. I’m hoping that I can rely on their flexibility when is necessary.