Usurped!

Had a lovely lunch with David and Alexa today. We went to The Lodge on the Loch which sits on the edge of Loch Lomond. Spectacular setting.
Meg and her pal Micky were getting up this morning to walk Max and Finn to school - it sounds supportive, but I wonder how much pleasure they got from waving them off, knowing they didn't have to go in? If I want to greet finn when he comes in from school, I will have to get up at 2.30am in order to do so. I suppose i dont really need to do that when he's got Meg.
Spook went for a cycle in the Sticky Woods the other day and by the time he got back, Meg had invited the neighbours round for a BBQ. So he had to rustle something up to eat, which wasnt how he'd planned his evening. However, they had a great night and now they all know each other much better thanks to Meg. I cant help wondering where I will fit into all this when I get back. it's a long time since I organised myself to get the neighbours round. And I just shout bye, bye to finn - not walk him all the way to school. I wanted them to all be fine without me, but they might at least have fallen apart for slightly longer than the 20mins that Meg assured me is the length of time she cried for.