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

Off on our holidays tomorrow - counting down the hours!

Was in the dentist this morning with the hygienist, spent the first few minutes talking about how dull, grey & cold its been the last couple of weeks.

Real feel for me, what with our holidays over, that the summer is kinda been & gone, can't see any significant improvement in the weather in the post so already planning for the kids going back to school in August (ours are back early enough on the 21st) and a short glamping trip just before then, with nothing else planned & finances tight until later in the year decent weather was the hope but nope, dull, grey & damp is all we have… think we'll still need to organise some weekend day trips though & simply be prepared for the weather, 7 more weeks of this would be utterly depressing!

Yep, you'd be sat indoors waiting! Its only now with no GAA matches until after they're back in school and we have some time at weekends we noticed how we'd need to just get on with it basically.

I never remember as a kid the entire summers being so bad. All my memories are of decent weather.

Vaguely remember hearing some mad stat that there wasn't a 24 hour period in Dublin that didn't have rain for something silly like 80 consecutive days, or something akin to that anyway implying we had A LOT of rain!

We had a bit of mission getting our tenants out of the house at the weekend, meant to leave Saturday, left Sunday and also left a load of their old furniture. The good news is that after 15 years renting we will have our first home. Getting some bits and pieces fixed and the house fully painted then move in next Tuesday.

I already know where all the decorations will go.

Delighted to hear that @Jude13, wishing you and your family every happiness in your new home.

Will be 6th/7th for us too as we'll be in Frankfurt the previous weekend. Although the 7th is an elf's birthday so might be midweek after that instead.

watch out mods are about….

Been there, won't be doing it again.

We'll be sticking to the 8th of December.

My sister is abroad and the decorations ended up in her room and she won't be home for the Summer.(Probably.)

So, technically I can go in whenever amd have a nose at them. (I haven't).

Hoping she doesn't do a surprise trip because I'm not in the mood to dash to attic.

Counting down the hours til my holiday to Madrid. First time in Spain and that side of the continent. Plenty plenty of suncream needed 😄

Had to buy this shirt, Kerrang TV finished a few weeks ago. Lots of views from me in the early 2000s

That playlist is awesome but heart breaking

https://www.joe.co.uk/music/kerrangs-final-run-of-songs-before-going-off-air-has-viewers-in-tears-445500

On a separate note, glad I'm WFH today, what a miserable day. So wet & gloomy, getting my breakfast earlier I had to put the lights on in the kitchen it was that dark, first time I've had to do that in weeks/months and I'd normally be down in the kitchen earlier too.

I love the longer brighter days of the summer but the weather is making it so difficult at the moment, its so changeable.

It was truly miserable out, in Dublin anyway. I managed to get out for a walk at lunch as the rain had stopped, but it was very cold and windy. How can the weather change so much overnight? It was warm enough to sit outside 24 hours ago!

Yeah, Felt out of place given how bright it's been even before 6am.

That's why I kind of like the Winter months at least you know their going to be bad.

It feels like October. I put the heating on this morning for an hour. I have to say, the cats loved it 🤣

My Mr put the heat on yesterday for an hour too… I'm always slagging her for being a cold thing but it seems she wasn't the only one.

Sums up our summer really.

Unfortunately we may have to get used to it… forecast for the next week or so is pretty much rinse & repeat of the last few days… its gonna be a damp & gloomy summer by the looks of it.

I say skip straight to November.