Everyone everywhere in Ireland payed homage to the sunshine somehow this week.
Whether you:
1) Basked in it,
2) Said things like 'Some day isn't it?' to your colleagues/neighbours/passers-by
3) Were stuck in work looking out at it hating life,
you knew it was there and have been hoping this is it now, summer is here.
In an attempt to coax it to stick around, many people adopted a summery demeanor; wearing shorts, eating 99s, sitting outside by choice etc.
Here's what the Early Breakfast listeners got up to...
'Got the scrabble game out in garden with sis Olivia and bot of vino happy days.'
'I Instagrammed a picture of the temperature in my car and hastagged #SummerIsHere. I may have gotten carried away. Aoife, Thurles'
'TA, I parked the truck in Naas, jumped on the bike ant cycled up the Wicklow Gap. Heaven. Donal the trucker'
'Ciaran in cork from Dublin. Very summery. I parked my car in the shade.'
'Morning T. I went for my nightly walk yesterday... in a t-shirt! Mary in Limerick'
'I had my sons (4&6) helpin me in field yday and we had a picnic lunch! A picnic in April, bonkers!! Joe in wicklow'
'Good morning teresanne, I'm a new listener thoroughly enjoying the show, keep up the good work! The most summery thing that myself and the workmates have done this week is sit out on the roof we are building, tops off and a cold beer in our hands at lunchtime, let's hope this weather stays around!'
'Hey, Michelle in Cork here. Any sign of sun and I'm straight out for a 99. No waiting for the real summer for me! :-)'
'Oh I had a large bottle of bulmers and a rack of ribs the other night. That sort of behaviour is usual reserved for the summer holidays but I just couldn't help myself! Paddy Mc'
'My daughter got totally sunburnt yesterday having lunch al fresco and eatin 99s on the bridge at cahir castle. Not a ginger either Jet black curly haired cailin'
'T, I went full on summer yesterday. I wore shorts and eat a 99. Now I fell like I've overdone it. People saw me. Will they think I'm an idiot? Slightly ashamed Dougie in wicklow here.'
'Sitting in the swing, whoops, I mean "two-person hammock", chillaxing with a glass of red vine-juice for an hour. GREAT! Dave, Clondalkin.'
'TA, I duno if its masters fever or wha but I played pitch n put yday. I never play that before July. Weathers makin me crazy. Mick in Tipp'
'I brought the radio outside yesterday. That's summery right there. Cara'
However, this week...
Next week...
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Are you wise to the back handed compliments you may be paid every now and then? Of course you think they're saying something nice, but there's a dig in there somewhere. This is what we mean...
