Sorry I've been missing so much. I'm doing overtime every Saturday so I'm working six day weeks atm. When Sunday rolls around, I have to clean the house. In the evenings, I just want to veg in front of Netflix. Dad's getting vaccinated on Wednesday which is really great news and also my only news. I've a week off at the end of March and my overtime should finish around then also, so you'll see a bit more of me then. DD is back to school on the 15th March but she'll only have two weeks at school before they break up for the Easter holidays. I hope she gets through the last two months of school without any interruptions.
My car insurance quote arrived. I have a choice between sticking with my existing insurance company (€762.33) or switching to a new insurance company (€521.18). That's a no brainer!
Unescorted hope you enjoyed your evening with family/friends.
Mrs wow, super bargain hunting in the Marks sale. Also, delighted you're all done with the vaccinations. You'd a busy morning on Friday - you definitely earned those Werthers!
Love your poor Dad's been through the mill! Hope things settle down for him (and you) now.
Wolf Good luck with your application. Glad the car service/MOT didn't work out too expensive. Brilliant work on the shredding. I need to embark on something similar. I bought a nice expanding folder during the week for things like birth certs/car insurance/life insurance/school paperwork/will (when I get it done) and I'm going to root out the most recent of these policies/documents and file them. Anything older than a year can be shredded. I got a bit of a shock when I realized that I'll only need the school stuff for another 16 months or so 
. DD will sit her Leaving Certificate (final exams) in June 2022. Obviously I've known this for a while now and we've already been discussing colleges and courses. But it really brought it home to me somehow that she/we'll be moving on to a new phase.
Fear hope you enjoyed your McDs and even better that your DH paid.
Amber your melted toaster story had me in stitches 
. Although I'm sure it wasn't funny at the time.
Sing sorry they messed up your prescription. Best wishes with the Open University enrolment. Exciting times ahead. I did a tiny bit of psychology in college and I found it really interesting. DD is thinking about a psychology course when she finishes school. Only snag is, you need about a million points to do it. Entry to college here is points based with a few minor exceptions (for example, entry to an art course would probably depend on your portfolio). The results you get in your Leaving Cert. are converted into points. Psychology is a very high demand course and the required points are also very high. I doubt DD will get enough points. I'm hoping there's another way of getting in. For example, if she did a year or two in a PLC course and got good results, she might then be able to transfer into a degree course. I need to look into it more next year. And of course, DD might change her mind between now and next summer.
north work sounds busy but I'm sure the extra income will be nice. You'll really appreciate that holiday in Kefalonia. I watched a few 80s movies with DD last year - she liked 'Dead Poets Society' and 'Bridget Jones's Diary'. She didn't think much of 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' - she couldn't understand why the Andie MacDowell character kept popping up everywhere.
madden hope the house move went ok. Sounds like you're still settling in.