tell me about it - we were supposed to have my DH's step-son up here next week but when we rang to check it was ok with his mum (over this weekend) we were told that he wasn't finishing schools until the 21st - WTF! I had checked the Vic education site in October/November to check end of term dates, even it said the 14th!

Talk about a pain, just as well we hadn't booked the flights! He misses out on doing the christmas lights with us on Saturday night in the new car. We get him up here some-time in January now, but it isn't the same, we miss out on our christmas/yule rituals with him (like the tree, the christmas lights etc), he usually flys back on xmas eve-eve (as in the 23rd) after about a week with us.