Cancel your plans, hold all calls and be glad that you work from home most of the time these days, because the Ashes summer is about to begin.
On Friday, England and Australia do battle in the first of five Tests this summer, and it promises to be eventful.
With England playing their new 'Bazball' style of cricket, but suffering from injuries, and Australia having last week confirmed themselves as the top Test side in the world, albeit at the risk of burnout this summer, the series could well be one of the very best we've ever seen.
But which way will it go?
We asked some of Mirror Sport's best all-rounders what they think.
Dean Wilson: 3-2 to England. The weather is set fair for the next few weeks and only a deluge of rain will prevent five results out of five.
Australia are the better side, and have been so for some time, but England’s curve is tracking skywards and they are capable of anything. Home conditions and support will play its part to tilt the series their way with the Oval to be a genuine decider.
Mike Walters: Patriotism is the last refuge of an Ashes soothsayer - while the heart says Bazball will hit the Aussies like a steam train, the head says Cummins, Starc, Hazlewood and Boland will make life difficult for Baz, Ben and the power-shot men.
It could be 3-2 either way... please, God, let it be England.
Neil Squires: Australia 3-2.
If a potentially knife-edge series comes down to the bowling attack the world champions have the edge. England are relying on their veterans Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad holding up over an intense 45 days and crossing their fingers over Ben Stokes’s dodgy knee. Australia have the superior spinner in Nathan Lyon.
Andy Dunn: Australia 3-1
This might be the most exciting England Test team in a long time but there are too many doubts about the bowling attack. The same cannot be said of the Australians and as they now boast the top three-ranked batsmen in the world, they will be too strong for Ben Stokes’ side.
Jeremy Cross: England 3-1
It promises to be the sporting story of the summer and also the most difficult one to predict.
Australia are once again looking formidable, with a battling line-up led by Steve Smith and bowling attack full of experience, pace and know-how.
But England are the hosts and have home advantage, along with pitches prepared to their liking. And with Bazball taking Test cricket by storm, it would be a surprise if England don’t come out on top.
Felix Keith: One thing's for sure: there won't be any draws. The Bazball era England simply don't do those.
Believe the hype - this is going to be a blockbuster series. Australia showed against India that they are the real deal, while England's new outlook means they won't back down.
It will be close, with the loss of Jack Leach a major blow, but despite Moeen Ali's rustiness and Zak Crawley's patchy opening, England will do it 3-2 in the most dramatic of circumstances.
Tom Victor: There is plenty to be positive about from an England perspective, with exciting play and a group of players capable of putting the team on solid footing.
For this reason I’m going for a comfortable Australia win, because I know better than to be positive. England will win the first test, we’ll all get carried away, and then… well, you know what comes next. It will be 2-1 Australia and it will be painful to watch.
Gideon Brooks: Full throttle cricket from both sides looks guaranteed to produce an entertaining summer but England’s uber-positive approach could open the door for Australia’s first win over here since 2001.
Both batting and bowling look closely matched but they could be more robust and in Nathan Lyon they have the better spinner. It is hard to believe one match will not be drawn through either a lack of ambition or weather. Australia to win 3-1.
Matt Cooper: England to win 3-2. The hosts have been reborn under McCullum and Stokes, but much will depend on the state of their captain's knee and the fitness of their ageing/injury prone seamers with five Tests squeezed into just 45 days.
Australia may look the stronger side on paper, but they have not won a series in England since 2001 and Bazball should (hopefully) have enough firepower to extend their drought.
Mark Jones: Facing India in the World Test Championship final so close to the Ashes had the potential to make fatigue an issue that affects Australia, but having seen them play at The Oval it is more likely to have put a spring in their step.
Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Scott Boland were superb, and with Josh Hazlewood to throw into that mix it is a formidable unit. England haven't faced anything like that in their new guise, and I think it could tell. 4-1 Australia.
Ben Husband: If England can beat Australia playing this brand of cricket it could be a real gamechanger. Stokes’ charges haven’t faced too much adversity in the past 12 months - expect that to change against the best test team in the world.
On paper, it looks like Australia’s to lose. They have the three best batsman, the better seam attack and a spinner that has played red ball cricket in the last two years.
But there’s something about Stokes and this England team. Can you really back against them? I can’t. 3-2 England and a nation of new cricket lovers.
