Less than a week!

Just a short post here.

It's less than a week until we leave and things are still happening. We've found out about a fun event in Wexford at the hotel where we are staying. It's called Gossip Girls . Secondly, we're not quite sure where we are staying in Kinsale.

It's a long story, but basically we canceled an over night in Kinsale to stay in Wexford, and wanted to move one of our days in Cork to Kinsale. Now to locate a B&B, or Inn, in Kinsale to stay. I was not really impressed with the first one we located as they didn't have quite the room we wanted. And we have to stay in Kinsale as I have a drink waiting for me at The Spaniard. Another long story there, but suffice it so say, a kind gentleman has made these arrangements. Besides the fact that Kinsale is one of the places I've so wanted to visit in the past and never really had the chance.

At the moment, I'm out of town watching the grandkids while their dad travels for work and their mom is in Sweden with her brother. Again, a long story, but they are picking up my son's car at the Volvo plant in Sweden. Mostly I'm chauffeur for all the places the kids have to go - swim team, swimming lessons, Bible camp, and day care, and making dinners in the evening. When my SIL is here we split the driving duties. So very little can be taken care of for the trip unless it's online.

I will have 3 days back a home to catch up on sleep and get organized and packed. I'm not too panicked about this yet, as I've done this 3 times before and with a smaller suitcase. At this point I can't imagine how I possible managed.

I do want to thank a couple of people who have helped make the planning for this trip even more exciting. One is my friend, Tom, from Mass. who has given me all kinds of hidden gems from Dublin, to the Kinsale area and the Dingle Peninsula. He just returned from his trip there. The other is Michael Londra, who shared the information about Gossip Girls. It's things like this that make the trip much more of an adventure than just sightseeing. :)

My next post will probably be the night before we leave. Looking forward to sharing this will everyone who is interested.

Slan!