… as if emerging from beneath the rubble.

Rescuers at the China earthquake, April 2013.

“Phone died x” he concludes.

“We didn’t think you were dead” I text back “Just asleep x”
(A LOL moment)

So my youngest has [only] emerged from an exam room… A GCSE Maths paper.  Expected to excel, though revision likely begun (and completed)… on bus ride to school!

But let’s rewind to earlier in the morning…
– No reply to my “Enjoy the challenge” text.  Unusual.
– Girlfriend couldn’t get through to him.
– House landline not being answered… but he ignores that anyway.
– His Dad’s at work.
– And I’m 365 miles away.  (“Where d’you get the 5 from, son? And psst, you’ve omitted the half mile from the rail station!!”)

Conclusion: He’s still asleep.  And it’s gone 9am!  So panic all round.  A flurry of calls/texts.
“Phone the school?” suggests my landlady.  Duh!  Why didn’t I think of that?!
They check the lists of absent children… and he’s not on it… for a change(!), so assume he showed up…

So moral to all this:

Keep your mob ‘alive’ at all times son, so we know whether you’re dead to the world… or not.

P.S. I love you  ♥

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Published with the full consent of my son.

Photo of rescuers via the free press taken from The Wall Street Journal (Europe edition) of 20th April 2013, with thanks @ www.wsj.com