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Home again after my Bucket List trip to Ireland. Had a wonderful time, though I shouldn't have dragged Shawn - he didn't enjoy it. The driving on the other side of the street (down narrow, windy roads) did him in, even though he drove for exactly five minutes out of the entire time we were there. He became very critical of my driving, to the point of my telling him to 'shut the f&%! up in front of his parents. All he wanted to do was drive from Point A to Point B without stopping at sites along the way. And once we got to Point B, he went to the nearest pub and drank - a lot. Truth be told, he came close to ruining the trip for me. I told him, and will hold myself to it, that I will never suggest another trip. If he wants to go someplace, he needs to approach me. If I want to go someplace, I will find another travel partner.
But I loved Ireland - and found Eyrecourt and Eyrecastle! Even got the opportunity to walk around the Eyrecastle grounds a bit (though the cows chased us off!) Walked where my ancestors walked - it was an amazing experience.
Apparently, Jackass has cancer. Don't know the details as I only heard it secondhand.
It's hard work, but I am getting my stats back to where they were while I was writing letters. I'm doing it with barely a break and it only works when I hit the simple Beneficiary project work by 9:00 am, but I'm beginning to see greens and blues on my stats chart again.
Next Saturday I am off to Ireland! I have been dreaming of and planning this trip for so long and am so excited, I'm beginning to wonder if it all won't be just a bit anticlimatic. I realized yesterday that I have three trips in the future - Ireland, Disney Cruise and Disney World - and then nothing. No plans past next year. I've had a far-reaching trip in the works for so long that I don't know what it will be like to NOT have one stewing on the back stove!
I need to finish my scrap booking. I haven't touched it in two years - still have half of the Disney 2011 trip to finish. And then Scotland, Maui and soon Ireland. My goal is to be caught up with the scrapbooks by the holidays. I haven't even plugged in the Cricut scrapping machine. Pathetic.
