Heading on Holiday Tomorrow
We are flying to Ireland tomorrow (not sure how we'd get there by car...ferry maybe?), so I am busy packing and getting things organized for the trip today. I received a letter from Ireland when I married Alli that I needed to bring her to the Emerald Isle at least once before her warranty expires for maintenance and upgrades.
They figured they would need about a week to do the necessary freckle inspection, red hair sampling, and to install the most recent Leprechaun Operating System. I will have automated posts that let you know where we are every day should you need to find us for any reason as I don't intend to lug my computer around with us (too much risk of spilling beer on the keyboard).
We will be speaking English from the moment we arrive, so we won't have any language issues once we get there. I will most likely have some driving on the left hand side of the road stories when we return, so keep tuned in for updates after the 27th of August. Until then, have a nice week!
For my younger readers: Enjoy the last few days of freedom from school.
For my parent readers: Get excited for your first few days of freedom once the kids are back at school. By freedom I mean you don't have to worry about what your kids are doing all day and how much trouble they are getting into because now it is the teacher's problem.
For my parent readers whose kids don't go to school yet and you stay home with them: Pretend you are on vacation with us by putting some Irish Cream or Irish Whiskey in your coffee, and putting the Dora or Sponge Bob DVD on repeat (unless you have really young kids...like less than a year old, then just use some Irish Cream flavored creamer and put in the Baby Einstein videos...they're great for learning colors and shapes)
For those who work, but don't have kids: Enjoy dreaming about taking a vacation, but get some work done! They aren't paying you to dream...
For those who don't work, but have kids, but the kids are old enough to take care of themselves: Why don't you come hang out with us in Ireland? Or if you just can't make it then follow the instructions of the stay at home parent above, only replace the DVD by taking turns reading Yeats or James Joyce aloud to each other in your best Irish Accent.
August 21, 2008 at 10:09 PM
Top of the morning to you and your freckled bride! As she would say"Mark is just way to funny!" As a member of the no kids at home to take care of group (we've furnished their homes with quality stuff, supplement their checkbooks with $$, and take care of the dogs we told them not to get, why would they want to move home?) Anyway a week from today, the 28th , we are blasting off from 10th Street!!! So soon we will see you in your home away from home or in our German digs across from the brew pub. We really miss you two not being a hop, skip and a jump from us. Your blog is inspiring me to do the same (however I know it will not be as entertaining as your witty masterpiece!) We venture across the pond on the 17th. Katie
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