I'm Form Rep in Emily's class, so I get to organise the coffee mornings, evenings out with nice food and wine, cajole people into helping run stalls at the Christmas fair/sports day and goodness knows what else. I'm sure I'll find out.
Anyway, I was just chatting to two new Mum's - new as in new to the school - at our first coffee morning of the term about being the only dad around the table and about what the Jessica's Trust banner in my email signature is all about.
Obviously they'd followed the link and read some of the pages, but wanted to know what it was really like, what does it involve and a whole host of questions that a lot of people don't ask, but I like to answer.
I told them, adding that I was hoping to hear from the Charity Commission shortly about whether the application had been successful.
Back at my desk I opened the latest email that had arrived - from the Charity Commission:
Dear Sir or Madam
I am pleased to inform you that the above has now been registered under registration number 1126062 . Written confirmation follows by first class post.
Please note that the information may take a few days to appear on our website.
etc etc
In the first moments of surprise and delight, suddenly tinged with the reality I thought, 'what do I do now, getting registered is all I've thought about for ages.'
There's so much to do and so many doors to open, but the first jobs are to update the web site, change the letterhead and open a bank account.
I must remember to organise a class night out for the Dads to come along to as well.