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Jude13

^^Congrats!!! How long were you away for?

Mystery Egg

3.5 long years. I'm in my new bed in my new (rented) house! I'm home!

StripedBoxers

Welcome home ME. Hope the move went well xx

Posy

Great news, Mystery Egg!! Welcome home.

Jack the Stripper

Welcome home. You might get to see some snow too.

Cork Lass

Welcome home - no better place to be.

Jude13

Mystery Egg, so is it as good as you hoped? I would be straight down to the chipper for a proper bag of chips. Think I am 9 years out of Ireland now, the majority of my adult life.

Mystery Egg

Jude13 wrote: »

Mystery Egg, so is it as good as you hoped? I would be straight down to the chipper for a proper bag of chips. Think I am 9 years out of Ireland now, the majority of my adult life.

Genuinely, it's wonderful. I've been living in Northern Scotland and the people there are very cold. Every interaction I've had here since Thursday has been so friendly, I feel a bit overwhelmed. The food here is much better quality too (especially sausages, bread and butter) and my new house is lovely. Apart from the exhaustion, I'm really over the moon.

Funny you say about the chips - I went down to the chipper nearby last night and it was mysteriously closed! Ah well, another night. :pac:

Jude13

Great stuff. Did you get some snow up in Northern Scotland? I don't think I will ever be able to move back sadly due to the way my career panned out, not enough money not to work and there is not much of an industry in the line of work I ended up falling into.

When I am home its Hodgkins white pudding and chips I get stuck in to. My OH is a super macs fan so we have to get that too.

I hope it all works out well for you and you get over the move soon.

Mystery Egg

Jude13 wrote: »

Great stuff. Did you get some snow up in Northern Scotland? I don't think I will ever be able to move back sadly due to the way my career panned out, not enough money not to work and there is not much of an industry in the line of work I ended up falling into.

When I am home its Hodgkins white pudding and chips I get stuck in to. My OH is a super macs fan so we have to get that too.

I hope it all works out well for you and you get over the move soon.

We did get snow, frequent small amounts. Head west a couple of hours to the Scottish ski resorts and there's tons of snow everywhere for half the year though!

Thank you Jude. My husband has a two year contract for a job in his area and I've got a lead on a job that I'm crossing my fingers for.

I hate to hear people feel they can't come home. Life is short, if you could tolerate a drop in income you might be able to make it work if it's what you really want. We have no property or means, we're winging it. Thank you for the good wishes and I wish you the same - that everything pans out for you exactly as you'd like.

Jude13

I would need a complete change in career sadly. I will put it on my Christmas wishlist below the euromillions.

Now you get to experience the whole build up to Christmas this year at home.

iguana

Mystery Egg wrote: »

Genuinely, it's wonderful. I've been living in Northern Scotland and the people there are very cold. Every interaction I've had here since Thursday has been so friendly, I feel a bit overwhelmed.

I remember feeling like that when I moved back from London. Every time as you'd leave the house you'd subconsciously put your 'game face' on. Neutral expression, blank stare straight ahead, then you'd walk briskly with nothing more than a brief nod at passersby if you accidentally caught their eye, but only if you and they were feeling super friendly. Avoiding eye contact was best. (As awfully unfriendly as that sounds, it isn't. It's just a survival technique when you are one of 13 million people trying to get from A to B through a relatively small square area.) It was a huge shock to the system for the first few weeks when we came back, it felt like everyone we passed had not only a big smile for every one they saw but the smile reaches the eyes like we're all in on the same happy secret. And over half the strangers you meet even exchange pleasantries. It definitely took adjusting and then before you know it, it's just second nature all over again.

Autosport

Welcome home

OUTDOORLASS

My niece..who travels to America for work, gave me Christmas scented hand wash....its still going. So everytime I wash my times, I get a burst of Christmas. Frosted cranberry.....mmmmmm.

Posy

I had a dream last night that I was buying Christmas crackers.

Woke up this morning and it's still March. :pac:

Cork Lass

Posy wrote: »

I had a dream last night that I was buying Christmas crackers.

Woke up this morning and it's still March. :pac:

Jeez Posy, you're fierce late getting those crackers

Posy

Can't believe it's still 5 months until Brown Thomas opens their Christmas shop.



*sulks*

Jude13

Had a did night Friday, my OH as a night out with the ladies from work for a mini hen. We spent day yesterday on the sofa and watching tv. She had doozed off but kept waking up when I threw on Christmas vacation. bah humbug kept making me switch it off.

Loughc

Yay bank holiday season starts on Friday!! We've a bank holiday each month now until June

So what's everyone's plans for St Patrick's Day?

Toto Wolfcastle

Loughc wrote: »

Yay bank holiday season starts on Friday!! We've a bank holiday each month now until June

So what's everyone's plans for St Patrick's Day?

Snoozing! Lots of snoozing! I'll only leave the house to get the car washed because I booked my NCT for Saturday morning.

How about you?

Jude13

My best man and his family arrive from Australia with their two kids 1am on Saturday morning so no drink will be had on Paddys day as I will be collecting them from the airport.

Saturday go to the local Irish bar with said best man to watch the rugby.

Cork Lass

Loughc wrote: »

Yay bank holiday season starts on Friday!! We've a bank holiday each month now until June

So what's everyone's plans for St Patrick's Day?

Couch for me. Recovering from knee replacement on 28th Feb so I'll be watching the parades on the tv. Btw, I'm not as old as most who have a knee replacement :pac:

miamee

Going to a food fair and have booked a walking history tour for the afternoon on St. Patrick's Day. No boozing :pac:

Toto Wolfcastle

Cork Lass wrote: »

Couch for me. Recovering from knee replacement on 28th Feb so I'll be watching the parades on the tv. Btw, I'm not as old as most who have a knee replacement :pac:

Hope the recovery is going well. It's such a life changing op. I've looked after someone who has had a knee replacement when they were a bit too young and it's not easy! (For them! I was grand.) You won't know yourself when you've recovered fully.

Cork Lass

Thanks Toto - it's going very well but thank god for daytime tv and Netflix

lycan238

Leave car in town early to get space to watch parade, drive a different car back to my parents, watch parade on tv from Dublin, walk up town to watch local parade, have a mineral/coffee or three after parade then drive my car home for dinner.

I have use of and am insured in at least 3 different cars my own and 2+ others.

kitten_k

I want one!!

Loughc

That's amazing I love it!!!!

Posy

Wow

Loughc

Top of the morning to ye all.

Happy St Patrick's Day.