The exam begins

Ok ...so the year has gone by... I didn’t put in much here because it  pretty much went about in a routine...school, classes, tests and more school classes and tests.

But yesterday was the big day. H and I accompanied A to the exam hall. The previous evening the phone kept ringing nonstop with all well wishers calling up to wish A.

And then yesterday morning finally came upon us. We had no escape. The board exam was staring at us in the face. Last minute revisions and tips, last minute best wishes from near and dear ones...last minute checking of the hall ticket, last minute filling up of the water bottle, last minute rechecking of the hall ticket,  last minute rechecking of the pencil box, the last minute prayers.... The last minute did  actually begin almost an hour in advance!

And then we reached the exam hall...a neat little school situated at the end of a residential colony, the place surprisingly resonated peace. It had a calming effect on all the bundles of nerves that came in one by one.

H and I went in to seat A. H shook the table to realise that the table was slightly angular. A remarked: ‘Are you planning to call M uncle to get it repaired? I will manage to sit and write. A wobbly bench does not matter.’ (M is our Man Friday when it comes to fixing anything!)

Soon a gang of giggly equally tense girls joined A and they went: ooh...am nervous...giggle ...giggle..... am really nervous....giggle giggle.......  more small talk and bigger giggles... some more small talk and some more giggles later the girls went away to their rooms.

Final announcements ensured that the hovering parents left the premises.

As I walked down I couldn't but help thinking that the fifteen years to my boards ambled so slowly but the fifteen to A’s accelerated so fast like a roller coaster.

A month away the next question will stare at our face: What next?????