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

Same here. Kids finish their first year in secondary today (where did that year go!!?) & we're off to the canaries tomorrow for our summer holidays…. 10 days of sun, sand & obesity most likely!

Its bizarre how quickly that extra month of summer holidays with the schools shortens the first part of the year.

I was thinking lately about those long Summer holidays holidays hanging out with friends on what felt like endless Summer days.

Hope you and your family have a great time @DvB , safe travels.

My eldest is doing his leaving cert next week. That makes me feel old. The school hols are mine too though, my first year teaching and we finished today😁 My older two are 4th and 6th year and both finished last week. Littlest elf is in his final weeks of primary too and I honestly don't know where the time has gone.

I used always like the Summer Holidays. I don't think I was one of those who got bored.

I think when I didn't want to go back to school in September my mother used be like it means Christmas is coming.

Enjoy the holiday.

Rough times, I've had similar with covid, caught it 3 times now, first I was asymptomatic and only tested because the rest of the house tested positive, 2nd time was like a headcold, third time hit me far harder, the cough alone had my head feeling like it was going to explode, worst I've felt in years. Dread to think what a 4th dose will do.

Glad to hear you're coming out the other side though.

@Loughc The world's not being fair to you right now. Wishing you strength and support. you'd wonder what this whole thing is about sometimes and then you just have to conclude that we can only do so much and try our best to be nice and kind to each other and that's it. Hoping you have some plain sailing soon.

Good news? Well, I'm hoping to be in my own house this Christmas. I've said that here for a few years in a row :-P I'm not sure I'll be able to afford all the outdoor Christmas decorations I want. I want a big blow up snowman and santa and loads of lights. I like the candy canes that light up. They had those cheap in Dealz last year so i think I'll be able to get some budget stuff for outdoors this year. I want to visit that M50 Christmas shop too. I find myself looking at all these lights and decorations and then people remind me that money could go towards a washing machine ;-) I'm gonna search for as much battery powered stuff for outside as I can. What I do have though is lots of cheap stuff for inside and I just love retro Christmas stuff. So my plan is to put up those chains that you used to see going across the ceiling in the 80s and 90s. Got some in Dealz last year! Have a big foil bell too. I am determined to make it the type of house people love to visit at Christmas and all year round! I just can't wait to have my own place to do Christmas the way I've always wanted to!!!

Yeah I can believe it's June 4th. Wtf.

I find the year is going slow and fast.

It's still hard to believe we're into June tough.

In May the Eurovision and Britain's Got Talent was on and now all the talk will be about Love Island(I could never get into it).

After a few weeks the talk ill be about who's doing Strictly and the August Bank Holiday.

Hope all goes well, it can be a very stressful time.

@Smell the glove ah, wow, congrats :) that has to be exciting and a great sense of security! Are you visualising where all the decorations are going to go? Best wishes with the move!

10 years since me and I still look back in horror. What a horrible exam.