St paddys day

With the whole day off, it gave us the chance to, well, do nothing.
We put Charlotte in the nursery, mainly because we both have colds and needed the rest. Julie has had the cold for a couple of weeks now, and gets anti-biotics for a bad cough. She is a bit misserable with it, but on the bright side, the morning sickness is gone.
Northern Ireland is the worst place in the world (apart from the republic) to celebrate St Patricks day. Traditionally nationalists take the day to rub it up everyone else, mainly with flags and over use of the Irish language, while unionists pretend none of this is happening and go to work and school as usual (this is the first year Garvagh High has had the day off, with our boys not knowing what to do with it, saying 'i'll take the day off, but i'm not celebrating some republicin!').
Now, with our new peaceful country, people are trying to make it 'cross community'. For the first time, Belfast City counsel has funded the parade in Belfast, with organisers asking people to not wear celtic tops, and to only fly the St Patricks cross. But the chukies decided to rub people up the wrong way and fly the Tricolour. Just a few stupid people to make it hard on everyone else. Now the DUP and the UUP are upset, and funding probably won't come next year. Wait 'till the summer, and the situation will be turned round, but just the same.