Morning everyone. It's a wet and windy day here. I'm looking forward to the rugby later.
DD has her mock exams next week so she'll be spending most of the weekend studying.
I made my first chilli during the week. DD gave it the seal of approval - she's a big chilli fan. We served it with nachos and guacamole the first night and rice the second night. Nice to have a new dish to serve up - we get tired of the same few dishes all the time.
I'm expecting my car insurance quote this month. Hoping it's not too high.
Meeting a close friend for lunch tomorrow. I haven't seen her since before Covid, so it will be great to have a catch up.
DD was awarded a €20 voucher in school. Only thing is, it's a voucher to be used in our town. And we live in a very small town. The shops (supermarket, fruit and veg. shop, hardware, boutique selling "Mammy" clothes - DD's expression, gift/home style shop) don't appeal to her. I'll probably end up buying it off her. The annoying thing is, I had just bought a lamp in the gift/home shop the day before. I could have got rid of it then and given her the cash.
DD is currently planning a post-exams sun holiday with her friends this summer. Only thing is, they're nearly all 17 and they need someone who is 18 in order to book an apartment or villa. The one friend who is 18 says she can't go because her parents can't afford to pay for the flights/accommodation etc. So it's looking like it won't go ahead. I told her to hold off until next summer but she says that the other girls are really impatient and don't want to wait an entire year. We'll see what happens.