Last days.
The last day, for those of you who are following along at home, was supposed to be Tuesday. We pushed our flight back from Monday morning to Tuesday because (1) our arriving flight was delayed and (2) I thought I pre-booked and paid for a hotel room through and including Monday night. I [...]
Day, uh, Friday.
Where were we? Dublin, right. By now I have a cough that is reminiscent of Doc Holliday in Wyatt Erp, which is real sexy on a lady. Nobody thinks TB when they see me, though, they think swine flu. Or at least Sports Fan does and is constantly reminding me that we could [...]
Day 3
We woke up early enough to eat the free breakfast at the hotel, which is not usually our thing, but one of us is about to get fired. It turns out that breakfast is very nearly the only thing edible in Ireland. Sports Fan ate pancakes every day in Galway and I ordered the [...]
Day 1
Arrive at the airport to find out our 9:45 p.m. flight is delayed five (5) hours. Seven (7) hours from when we are standing at the check-in line at the airport. We’re not at the nice terminal, mind you; no, we’re at the shitty-ass terminal that has wrapped sandwiches and flights to places on [...]
I cannot believe it is already JUNE. Somebody tell me you’re with me on this one. JUNE?!?! I’m obviously not wishing 2009 to hang around any longer than necessary, the rat bastard, but it is seriously flying by like it’s rat bastard butt is on fire. I’m managing to make the most of it, though, [...]
I am still reeling from the excitement that I will be going to Ireland in July – only 4 months from now. I have wanted to go to Ireland for as long as I can remember. I tried to go in 2001, but it was the year of the hoof and mouth diseaseoutbreak in Britan [...]
I have goosebumps. My scalp is tingly with excitement. I woke up at 5:20 a.m. this morning and started my computer. The web pages were bookmarked. I entered the user I.D. and password. It too me three or four tries before I realized I spelled my last name wrong. I had started to panic. It [...]
I cannot really tell you how it happened, except that we went to Las Vegas for four days and ended up staying six. And I still shed a tear or two when I left. It was my first trip to Vegas — you see, I’m already on a nickname basis with the town — and [...]
– Robert Frost
I managed to get through the whole winter with nary a sniffle, yet here I am in June with a sinus infection. I’m a horrible patient, if you must know. I tend to lie about moaning that “I’m siiiiiick” until I feel better, which could be days. My mother, bless her heart, prays [...]