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The Welcome back to Nomad Podcast. I'm Anna Robinson and today I am hosting with the wonderful Joy Brooks. Hi Joy. Hi. How are you doing today on this fine day? Is it a fine day with you? It's grey but dry. It's dry and not windy and I think really the bar's so low these days that I'm

going to settle for that. There is washing on the line. I and how am I? There's been a day where

there's been some significant stresses. So I think I'm over having done them now, but the fallout

might mean I'm slightly unhinged, who knows, but hopefully. Well, that would be good joy.

I quite like to see joy unwrapped.

Yeah, exactly.

So if everyone's really lucky, that might happen.

How about you?

Yeah, I'm doing okay, I think.

I don't know if I've shared this.

Do you ever get the feeling when you're a nomad that you shared things over and over again? I'm paranoid that I just repeat myself like an old uncle in the corner of a Christmas party.

Those that don't know, I have home educated or alternatively educated my kids. And my eldest went to

school in year 9 when she was 13 and now it's just started college and my youngest who was 13 she

decided to follow her sister's footsteps and head on into school so yeah for the first time in 16

years I've been completely not responsible for my children's formal education which has been

quite a big shift for me a good one it's like's like totally feels right. It's the right time.

I'm really proud of them both, immensely proud. But yeah, it's a kind of transitional moment for me.

Yeah, that's a huge transition. Yeah, I can't quite wrap my head around what that might feel like having

not alternatively educated because it's a big responsibility. Yeah, but I'm happy, I'm happy at this point for the, for the school to take it on.

And Ashley's, she's loving it, you know, people always just say, oh, how are they

transitioned to school if they've not been in school?

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