Talk about Kissing a Belly Dump Truck.

So shortly after returning from Ireland, Tami and I were in my car. We were driving along, and all of a sudden a dump truck slams on his breaks, and we didn’t have time to react as quickly, and we slammed into his rear-end. Of course, my car is totaled after that kiss of death. We found out later, that apparently, there was a car in front of the dump trucks that had apparently missed his turn, and so with on coming traffic behind him, he decided to back-up to the street he missed. This is what caused the accident.

A side note: I was in the middle of moving the visor from the window, back to the front windshield when I noticed we were not going to make it and stopped. Let me tell you, I never thought it true before, but visors have teeth. Tami and I both ended up with many bruises and some achy muscles. I had to get a few stitches, but again nothing big. Thank goodness, we were both ok and fine, and baby Zane was not with us in the car. I know in this picture it looks like I could take first in a beauty pageant, but control your jealous feelings; the Bride of Frankenstein will come out to play later.

The Luck of the Irish!!!

Well, let’s just say that Mom and I were off to a good start. We got to the Phoenix Airport in plenty of time, checked our baggage, and decided to grab a bit before our long flights of the day. She took her meds to fly and we were all good.

We had got to Ireland, picked up our luggage, and headed to our bus. Boy did we ever look like tourists. We had no idea where we were going or how to get there, but we wanted to do it as cheap as possible. So we boarded a bus, talk about some scary drivers out there. If they can get their car through a little enough spot, they’ll do it. Then we were dropped off about a 10-minute walk from our hotel. Normally, this would not be a problem, but when you can’t find the street signs to tell you what street you are on, it is a little difficult to find your way. So during our walk we went through a little bit of a rough part of town….. not that I blame her, but I think Mom thought I was taking her to get mugged or to death row. Then, after a couple of nice guys helped us, we soon found our way to our hotel room.

Later that night, our first night in the hotel is when Mom decided to get sick. Poor thing ended up spending most of her trip getting real cozy with her bed.






She was finally feeling good enough to leave the hotel room one day, and we were able to go sightseeing together, which was fun. We did the Viking Splash tour. We saw the Dublin Castle. We went shopping for souvenirs. We had fun.







Although it might have been a little much for Mom, she ended up in bed again the next day. (She just must have really missed that bed :o)

On our way back into the country, it seemed like we were taking forever to get through customs. Then when we did get back to the Sky Harbor Airport, they lost our luggage, but at least we were coming home instead of going out. I think Mom had, had enough. Wow, what a trip!!!




I’ll try and get a couple of layouts done from the trip and post them as soon as I get a chance.

CHANGES!! CHANGES!! AND MORE CHANGES!!

OK. so things have been quite crazy as usual. I have been thinking and making a few changes in my life as of yet. First, starting in June, I've decided not to have anything to do with hotels for a long time. WOW!!! I bet no one thought I would actually mean it huh? I still don't think my family believes me either, but I NEED a break. It is amazing the difference in me when I work at the hospital (a job I love) compared to when I work at the hotel ( a job I hate) I think they are living with a Dr. Jeckle and Ms. Hyde.



Next change, I have believe it or not been trying to seriously loose a little weight, ok who are we kidding I would love to loose a lot of weight. So far I have lost and kept off 20 lbs. The additional 10 lbs keeps coming off and going back on. So, I have only been giving it about 35% effort, and starting June 1st...I am going to be giving it a 110%. I know everyone is probably saying why not start now, well.... I am so so so so excited to say that I am going to IRELAND!!! So I will not be focusing on it while I am gone, but I will definitely keep you all posted on my weight loss and fun trip info.