Charles replied saying that it’s bit of a juggling act and just gets as much done as possible before he has to go to school. “..then when I get home, I put the laundry on and do my homework for an hour or so… then tackle the drying and ironing. But there’s no way I can do everything and go to school, so various tasks get shunted to the weekend, which means Saturday is busier than it could be.”
“So it’s pretty much non-stop then?” Mike supposed. “In term time.” he added.
“Pretty much.” Charlie sighed.
Yet again Mike’s mother came to collect him at around 6pm and once again, Mike returned at 8am the following morning and spent the entire day observing Charles as he works his way through his chores for the day.