You thought if you stuck your head in the sand and concentrated on Made in Chelsea South Of France and Simone Biles and Zac Efron that that whole Brexit crap from two months ago would go away didn't you?
Well, sorry to be the bearer of bad news chaps, but it's still been ticking along in the background this whole time. While we cheered on Laura Trott and Jason Kenny, while we got excited about the new series of Bake Off, while we follow the various epsiodes of #[INSERT CELEB HERE]isoverparty on Twitter, our country has been quaking under the pressure of Brexit, a new Prime Minister (who BTW is currently on hols meaning THIS GUY is in charge) and a fast disintegrating Labour party.
In a word, we're fucked.
Want to know how this will affect you? Well, let us count the ways. Actually. We don't know. Because no-one knows. This is an unprecedented situation and, last weekend, people were reporting that there's probably more years of uncertainty ahead as Whitehall might not pull the trigger on Article 50 until 2019.
One thing we do know though, is that the pound has suffered in the wake of Brexit. In the week following that fateful day in June, sterling dropped to it's lowest rate in three years. In that time, currency exchange at Luton and Stansted airports were offering 99 cents for every pound. In July, this went up to one Euro for every Pound. Now though, according to The Guardian, Luton is exchanging the pound for €0.9900 and Stansted is doing it for €0.9915.
As everyone knows, airport bureau de changes are notoriously crap. They're the equivalent of climbing up to the top of Tower Bridge and chucking your life savings over the side into the River Thames while laughing like the absolute maniac you are. Proof of this? As of today, XE, the self-annointed 'world's trusted currency authority' is actually saying that a pound is worth €1.16231.
So. If you are going on holiday in the near immediate future, be prepared to spend probably more than you would have done on beers this time last year and, for goodness sake, get your money changed BEFORE you go to the airport.
And, if you want someone to blame? Blame the guy in charge.
Like this? Then you might also be interested in:
Follow Jess on Twitter @Jess_Commons
This article originally appeared on The Debrief.