Freshers

All those worries we had about a year ago.

Would our twins feed themselves a balanced diet?

Would they attend all their lectures?

Would they hand in their assignments on time?

Would they resist getting completely slaughtered on the horrendous pressurised freshers’ drinking events?

Would they manage their finances sensibly?

You are probably expecting me to say that it was all fine, that they accomplished everything that we hoped they would.

But the truth is, I don’t know. 

I know they passed their end-of-year exams respectably, that they appear to be in good health and that they have good friends.

But the mistakes they’ve made, I don’t know about.  And that’s how it should be, surely.

The defining feature of being an adult is the power to decide who you enlist to help sort out your problems. 

There have probably been times when they locked themselves out, or were nauseous after one too many, or needed something to eat but their cupboard was empty.   Possibly all of these on the same night.

But they got through.

What will they do now in their second year?

Will they start to form ideas about their future careers? Will they take on new responsibilities within their universities?

I don’t know, and that’s just as it should be.