It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Off Topic Chat

This is where my tent was supposed to go...

Same as everyone else, was supposed to go to the bottle bank, the clothes bank and clean the decking and none of these jobs were achieved today.

The only thing was I relaxed all afternoon which is something I struggle to do at times.

My youngest son picked up his first car this morning so proud Dad moment right there.

Hope you are on the mend @Loughc - kids are germ magnets!

@tscul32 hope you didn't get too mucky, I'm not a camper so that photo fills me with dread!

Busy weekend here; Saturday an absolute wash out but the kids had friends over for the afternoon which left me in peace and quiet for a bit :) Long day at Scór yesterday & although we don't advance to the Leinster Final, we had a lovely day. Some talent in those young people is all I can say. On a countdown now to 5pm on Friday for my week off!

For me it feels a lot longer. Due to being away I cant help feeling we didnt really get a christmas last year so it feels like a lot more than 100 days.

Decided to throw in the towel early this week & book Friday off. So I'm off from this evening until April 17th - really looking forward to the break, hoping to chill out for a few days!

You're a braver man than me 😀 I cant sit through those Hallmark Christmas movies at all.

Glad you're feeling better Gidget just in time for the bank holiday weekend even if it just means you enjoy the lounging a bit more!

I've no plans for Easter but I'm going to Six the musical tomorrow. I've seen it before but the girls from college were going and it's worth seeing again.

I've been meaning to reply to this.

My eldest got really sick in creche a simple virus that would have a "normal" child on a spoonful of calpol had mine in hospital for a few days... absolute disaster.

Roll on covid (and then being that bit older) the lockdowns etc no sickness came into the house.

They started primary school then and school requested uniform change each day....so I'd put on fresh clothes each day when they came home, so basically two outfits a day.

The younger sibling then started creche following September, same guidelines fresh clothes each day....again I changed the clothes as soon as they got home......so between the two of them we're on 4 outfits a day.

However......neither of them have missed any time off school maybe the very odd day. Talking to the other creche mum's their kids have had constant runny noses etc. In and out of creche. Same with primary school class some of the kids have missed a fair few days. Out of both classes we were the last to get covid....which happened last summer at a summer camp when I let my guard down 😂.

So I don't know, I understand each kids immune system is different but when you think of it,kids wipe their noses in their sleeves, in their hands and then onto their trousers or their friends top.....so they are basically walking tissues.

I fully appreciate that amount of washing is no one's idea of fun....but either is sick children. Something to ponder anyway.

Lovely weather, i got the grass cut 🙂, its seems such a achievement just cutting the grass with all the rain we have had, Happy Easter everyone.

On the other hand, mine wore 1 uniform and 1 school tracksuit each week, only washed at the weekend, and between 3 kids and so far a combined 31 years of school, the total days missed for school could probably be counted on my fingers. Even the one that got covid had it over a mid term break. I don't know why, but mine never get sick. Even when they started creche, everyone warned me but it never happened. I'm incredibly grateful for it, but does go to show that they're all very different. I'm not big into housework so maybe they just had no choice but to develop good antibodies 🤣🤣