to wonder what IPOAT stands for?

[Hullygully]

Hooray for fliffy!
Are you going somewhere lovverly?
I shall be back by then
We shall have our hully return and we will gather and assemble and I shall delight you with tales of rum and high jinx on the beach. and the monkeys I have seen (not a euphemism)

Pag, we are going to Croatia. The Dalmatian coast, but without the dogs. Hoping for a bit of warmth, or at least sea views backed by mountains and pine forests. I suspect you are/have been in the Caribbean. Hope you had a loverrly time. Am really not jealous at all.

High jinks, eh?

oh very nice flif.

I am burning nicely. Last holiday with all the dcs before ds1 flees the nest. We are spending days on the beach and then evening playing overly competitive cluedo and uno. It is lovely tbh. But I am not nearly drunk enough

Hah! I remember those competitive Cluedo days. Squabble Scrabble was another game that we competitive kids loved. Oh, and Ludo - remember that? Lost count of how many times Dad confiscated that from us when we were kids.

It's great that you are all holidaying en famille, Pag. But your DS1 sounds so lovely; I am sure this won't be your last family holiday.

Keep those cocktails coming, mate.

Here you are Pag, and hope you are having a lovely holiday.

I'm off for a long break from MN, but send love, kisses and fairy dust to all. xx

Ohohohoh

I return with unspeakable damage rent upon me by furrin parts. It was a near miss, only the fear of the dcs rage got me on the second plane and not in a hospital.

AHEM

Fine. That's just fine

Alone again.

In that case I shall please myself. I think I might have a little IPOAT memorial service, at sea, with bunting and cake. I shall have flags made and fly them at half mast and drop little effigies of Widow, Gibbon, Paggy, Fliffy, James, Tethers, Jins, Mini and Mimi into the sea with hardly a splash and then...

I shall dance.

AND

I shall fill up all the rest of the threadlet myself.

Poor you Hully.

Don't have a memorial service just yet. I will need this thread for comfort and sanity very very soon :-(

Much as I want to say it's too late and you are en route for Davy Jones' Locker, my sympathies are prevailing.

Wassup, lovey?

I have been tipped off that I will be de-jobbed.

Ironic really

Oh Jins! Is it too late to start the nursing course this yr?

Sadly yes. They have confirmed that I would need to apply again and gave the strong impression that I was just filling a place in any case :-(

I'll freelance for a bit and decide what to do after my holiday in August. At least I'll be around to see DS1 through the GCSE trauma

That sounds a good plan.

Ds is about to do his re mock so I am now an expert on Jewish Law. Do you think there are jobs in that?

There's jobs in everything it's just finding them. TBH I should have gone freelance years ago but I fancied the easy life with the regular paychecks.

I'm looking forward to claiming JSA though! Got it earmarked for my sky direct debit :-)

You're right. Iam self-employed, can't recommend it highly enough.

I am worried that I won't be able to moan about my boss :(

I moan about myself. It's very effective because then I can tell myself off too. Sometimes I give myself time off (quite often) or a little choccy reward. It's a great system.

Actually I'm liking the sound of this more and more. Especially the time off.

I've never been very good at management so I fear that I might take advantage. Still I respond very well to praise so hopefully that will keep me in line.

See? You're really getting in the swing!

I even have clients!!! Just need to be de-jobbed now!

Hurray! Any hopes of pay-offs?

Should be something coming. I've done 5 years and I've held onto my annual leave just in case.