Thread 25 - Covid Cohort - Christmas Trees, No Omicron Please!

zebra, is the school also doing LFTs?

On a side note, DS's isn't. Apparently not required in standalone sixth form settings! His school is very clear and cautious so am guessing they also weren't sent testing kits.

We are in theory 12th Night people for Christmas Decs down but in practice it tends to be the day before we all go back to work or school i.e. tomorrow. I took down rhe outside lights tonight so they can dry before being put away.

No robot vacs here either, we also have small, irregular rooms with steps everywhere and no big spaces. I also don't think thr cats would like it . I do love our cordless Dyson though.

Went to panto with DD today (DS doesn't like it). it was an absolute blast, we had a great time. Not sure if she would have understood all the innuendo even at nearly 16 it was quite near the knuckle in places. She has been working flat out for her mocks so a well deserved break.

Watched the darts tonight, it tends to dominate our festive viewing. Final tomorrow.

I will take our decs down tomorrow, itching to get on with it really.
I don’t know what to do about school on Wednesday. Dd tested negative on LFTs, we are still waiting for the PCR test to arrive. No one else is ill, and I’m wondering if it’s just cat allergy, having been away over Christmas, so she may have resensitised, she did have a cough but that has stopped now, and she’s quite perky. I don’t want to be the person who infects a school because they blithely assumed their kid was fine, but I really don’t know what to do.

Thanks for the birthday wishes. It was DS's today, mine is on Thursday. He had a 'party' in our freezing cold conservatory while we sat in the dining room shouting at him through a triple glazed door.

We kept ours up til 31st Jan last year as we’d all had covid over Christmas and needed cheering up! I might try it again as January is a bit depressing isn’t it?!

Happy birthday to Piccolo & mummyinbeds plus DS

Decorations still up here. DS had never seen any of the Meet The Parents films so we've binged those.

I'm a Twelfth Night adherent. Still using Christmas mug, Christmas plates , trees up.

Annoyingly, have Parents' Evening on Twelfth Night.

Our indoor decorations came down yesterday. I'm always itching to get them all down by Boxing Day. But we have the wreath on the front door still and a string of lights around the garage and porch. Dh can take those down.

Ds2 goes back weds. Actually I've just reminded myself I looked at a letter about parent consultations and his report that were in his bag. He still hasn't given them to me. Do I say something? He doesn't know I noticed the brown envelope poking out his bag. If I don't say anything I'll miss parent consultations.

should've taken Christmas decs down today, but couldn't be bothered. Have to do it tomorrow, because all back at work / school Tuesday.

Happy New Year 🥳 taken a day to get over the hangover from hell. Oooppps - DD made us all bacon sandwiches 🥪 to help - she can be messy but she’s fab at helping out x

Managed to get dressed by 3pm on New Year’s Day and had a family cinema trip to an empty cinema and a last night Chinese takeaway before middle big kid went back to his flat today. Lovely having him home for most of Christmas apart from a couple of days when he went to girlfriends family. 12 days home with us was a real treat and after they all got used to each other got on fine.

Middle one went to school friend New Years party and got in at 5am but the DH and I only got in at 3 so not an issue. He was good and messaged us also all took LFTs before attending.

DD starting with online learning for 3-4 days first - all organised before Christmas by school then starting face to face. With 2nd set of mocks 2 weeks later.

She’s cool with masks in class after three 6th form attending school without masks in the last week when their siblings tested positive for covid on LFTs which meant 30 pupils got infected in 2 days and had family Christmas ruined. We narrowly avoided.

Friends in nhs and a friend of a friend in government both telling me concerning things. Can’t see how these kids won’t be doing TAGs …. Middle DS telling me his girlfriends uni are going back to online learning …. So have a feeling the offer days will be cancelled.

Happy birthday @Alsoplayspiccolo, @mummyinbeds and DS 🎂🎁🎉

Our downstairs would be ideal for a robot type vac. as it is fairly open plan. I watched a video once where someone had set one up to run in the night. But their dog did a nice runny 💩 and the vacuum ran through many times, plus all over the rugs etc. It was quite amusing to watch, but I'm sure it wasn't for the home owner. That put me off wanting one.

@Alsoplayspiccolo happy birthday.

Normal, ummm recommend? Eufy is ok. Was £200. But we have oblong kitchen - diner, joined by small oblong hallway to same sized oblong lounge, so easy to clean.

I think @mummyinbeds and her DS are the others with birthdays today or very soon, so happy birthday to you guys too and I hope you are all well enough to enjoy yourselves

Happy birthday Also
Hope you are on the road to recovery and can enjoy your day.

Happy New Year to all you lovelies. Can't believe another thread has practically filled up already. I've been awol for some time so sorry not not know all the up to date stuff.

DD has her first Uni interview on Wednesday and knuckled down to do some preparation last night - been reminding her gently about it. Her boyfriend only left NYE so she's done nothing the whole holiday break so far. He nearly didn't make it home as the trains were striking but DH managed to sort out a convoluted journey home for him which resulted in a 5 mile walk home at the other end as no taxis 😲
She is meant to be also starting her History coursework this term which I think is ridiculously late but that's how they do it at her school.
I'm not sure how the interview will go as it's the first of 5 but it's a Uni she's not sure she wants to go to anyway but they are so organised and helpful that she is swayed by that so wants to make a good impression and gain valuable insights into what they are after so she does well on her favourite Uni which is her last one of 5 in a row. They all fall on her busiest school days so lots of catching up required on missed lesson content.

Happy Birthday @Alsoplayspiccolo, hope you are feeling a bit better. 🎉🎂🎁

HNY all am currently sat on DS' bed while he does some maths revision. Apparently he can only revise with me here. I had put today aside for some urgent house stuff!

Oh yes ,Happy Birthday !

Was there someone else too?

Happy Birthday @Alsoplayspiccolo Hope you're feeling well enough to celebrate

From what I've heard (from DH's stepmum) they're great for large expanses of flat floor but wouldn't work so well in our house which has small rooms and steps everywhere.

I think the original Roomba is probably the best but I don't want to waste that sort of money on a hoover. Dyson have one for £800 too.

@Monkey2001 they don't do stairs.

Mine does Piggy, well, in as much as no socks on the floor on other things that might get 'collected', no loose or trailing wires or chargers, nothing with a small ledge that it likes to get itself half on to never able to free itself...

Does your house have to be tidy for a robot vacuum?