I know Bob - sorry

...I just felt like a bit of self-patting-on-back might keep me going

...plus I am so chuffed with the work Charlie has done to date I had to boast a little. She's coping really well with leap-frogging a year (Selected Entry Accelerated Learning Program). At 13 she is displaying a lot of maturity and determination.
Mike can't do it - doesn't have my computer skills and typing speed...plus I can pace myself today and last the distance; he can't. He can't afford to be strung out when working on P-cars...nothing good comes of that.