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We were just loading Beth’s things into the car prior to setting off to take her University when the Postman handed us two letters from her Uni.

I suggested she open them before we left in case it was anything important so she did. Basically it was a letter from them telling us not to take her if we suspected she was suffering from Swine flu!!

Turns out though that it’s another type of flu she’s worried about and it’s called Fresher’s flu which is apparently a real disease which strikes Students down in the 2nd or 3rd week of their first term at Uni.

There are many suggested causes which if you are interested you can read about here

So I knew she was getting her results at 10 so when I hadn’t heard by 10:20 I figured it wasn’t good news. So I took a deep breath and rang her. The phone was answered by a blubbing mess. I managed to get her results out of her, she hadn’t got the grades for either her first choice or her second choice. I had to suddenly snap into that supportive father saying the right things role!

I asked her what she had needed for Southampton (her second choice) and it was only one grade higher than she had got. I told her that she might still get in and she said she would phone them as soon as she got home. She then said she was off to find her sister and would call me later.

Turns out had the wrong mobile number for Rhianna in my mobile and I was keen to find out what she had got so I rang Beth again. She was in a car on her way home. She had been told to go and check the UCCA tracker that they apply through. Someone had told her that there may still be a chance that she could get into Coventry but if she hadn’t got into either she could apply for clearing straight away.

A few minutes later I got a phonecall from her, when she had got home she had found a letter from Coventry confirming that they were offering her a place and they had sent her a welcome pack. She didn’t know whether to laugh or cry and consequently she was doing both – just like I did 29 years ago!