I was supposed to start school yesterday. I got all my folders together and me, Mum and Dad set off at seven. There was a massive traffic jam on the road due to an accident, but we managed to dodge round it using some small roads through the vineyards, and we got to the school on time. Only to be told, after a lot of waiting and phone calls from the woman at the front desk to the Head, that we couldn't see the Head today and I couldn't start and we'd have to come back with a proper appointement.

My parents sent an email just before we departed, explaining they whys and wherefores and saying that I would be back in January. Then they sent another letter more recently, adding that unfortunately I had had to be homeschooling again. We didn't receive a reply to either, but assumed they would have been seen and so turned up. I mean, come on! You'd expect a reply, wouldn't you, if it turned out that the child was not even registered in the system and the school wasn't sure about letting her back in! Anyway, the woman said that the administration wasn't happy with my chopping and changing and were we going to continue doing that and so on and so forth. So we're expecting a phone call from the school at some point today, giving as a rendez-vous so hopefully I'll be able to start next week at the latest...