• Does no one talk about the weather anymore, Bernie?
• Do they not? I hadn’t noticed to be honest.
• I can’t remember the last time anyone said “Isn’t that a fierce wind?” Or “soft day thank god”.
• Ma, no one ever says “soft day thank god”.
• I do.
• No you don’t.
• I do so.
• I’ve never heard you say “soft day, thank god”.
• Sure you don’t be listening to me half the time, Bernie.
• What?
• All people talk about now is the covid. Covid this, covid that, covid my arse. I’m sick of the bloody covid. I actually miss the days of the big storm warnings.
• Everyone is sick of the covid ma, but what can we do?
• At least with the weather we have a bit of change; raining, windy, cold, hot. with the covid it’s all doom and gloom. People sick, people dying, people suffering from depression.
• …businesses closing down, people out of work.
• Pubs shut. Holidays cancelled. How much change do you want, ma?
• …and we’re not allowed leave town.
• In fairness, that doesn’t affect you ma. You don’t go anywhere anyway.
• But I knew I could. It’s the knowing I can’t that makes me want to go.
• Where do you want to go?
• Anywhere; Spain, the Bahamas, Bray.
• Bray is in Wicklow, you can’t go there. You know we were advised not to leave Dublin.
• I’m fed up being told where I can and can’t go.
• Aren’t we all ma. Anyway, you hate Bray.
• Yeah, it’s a miserable aul place.
• What about Howth?
• I do like Howth
• Howth’s in Dublin.
• Your da used to bring me.
• Come on, I’ll bring you now.
• In this weather?
• The sun is trying to break through there, look.
• It could lash later. I can’t be doing with Howth in the rain.
• My weather app says chance of rain is 5%.
• Don’t mind your app, sure can’t I see see rain from here.
• Do you want to go or not?
• Maybe another day.
• We’ll just sit here and talk about the weather then, ma.
• Soft day thank god.

😳😳😳 Give me fucking patience.