A moment earlier...

... he had been laid out going back to sleep on this step rather than coming downstairs with me a for a walk. It turns out that he had the right idea - I should have gone back to sleep myself and avoided Thursday. Far too much time spent on redirection and some frustrating conversations along the way. Teaching my Y12s was a relief at the end of it and that was followed by working with some lovely student volunteers to meet and greet Year 9 parents. Faith restored in the majority and the hope that the minority will be less in evidence tomorrow.