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

Im in the same boat, I have taken three days leave so far this year and been working weekends quite a bit. I need a real break, whatsapp is the bane of my life as we have multiple work gorups. To the point I went to the doc with chest pain. It may be time for a change.

Sounds like everybody is at tipping point at the minute! Hoping everyone can get a bit of down time in the next few weeks/months! We have our holiday at the end of next month so really looking forward to it...practically counting the days!

We have First Communion to get through first & a gazillion other school things!

I've 5 assignments due in before the 30th. Then I can relax and look forward to the summer hols. I've loads in should be doing right now but my eyelids are falling. Waiting for the rain and thunder and lightning to stop/ease so I can get out for my hour's walk.

Im getting worried now, we both have had 3 days leave (check), migraine (check), going through a buyout/partnership (check), hate the financial aspects (check). Christmas loon (check).

Are ye heading up to Croke Park CL?

I'll be there with 21 lads from our U12's team... loads of fun!!

Logged in here yesterday & again this morning & we really are entering tumbleweed season.

Then again with the longer days & summer in the air I suppose Christmas is far from peoples thoughts at the moment.

On a side note, saw a reference on twitter that the GBBO series for 2023 has started recording & should be on our screens in mid September with Tuesday 12th the most likely start date. Always consider that a solid stepping stone to the season so was nice to hear that it was up & running.

Hopefully we get some decent weather over the weekend (less rain anyway) and everyone has a good one (except @CheerLouth, cant be having Louth coming to Dublin & beating the boys in blue 😉)

Lol! The entire county will be in mourning on Monday morning if we don't win! It's the biggest thing to hit this county in years, the whole place is buzzing! Kids gone off to school dressed in their jerseys, the club players who are on the county team will be at the nursery training session tonight so that all the kids can wish them well...excitement has hit stratospheric levels! An Lú Abú 🔴⚪️

It takes an All Ireland SF (depending on opponent) or Final before theres any level of excitement in Dublin unfortunately. A decade of huge success has led to high levels of expectation and people just wont come to earlier games in anything like the numbers you'd hope.

The league game v Louth a few weeks back was a perfect example, loads up (oops, down) from Louth and what Dubs were there were mostly season ticket holders or gangs of kids from clubs with mentors. Atmosphere was flat (especially when Dublin started to pull clear)

I much prefer hurling and love bringing the kids to see the Dublin senior hurlers in PArnell park as the atmosphere is much much better, and the expectation levels are a lot lower too!

Still hope we can win Liam once in my lifetime, though in reality I could live to 100 and that wont happen... c'est la vie!

Hard to think of Christmas on what seems to be the first summers day we've had!

Having said that I did have a dream I was in an airport last night and stopped at the Christmas decoration shop. Told me I'd have to wait 20 minutes for the seahorse collection to be brought from there warehouse and it was touch and go if I was going to miss my flight 😂

Got the face burnt off me yesterday out at our matches, had no sun cream with me and never expected it to be so sunny and warm, end result = big red face!!

But agree, finally feels like summer has started after so much wet and dreary weather.