this is it

The last week!!!! I have so much to do before I come home but I can hardly believe that no matter what I will be on that plane Saturday morning and on my way home. I'm sure people are are getting rather annoyed at me for reminding them of exactly how long it is till I'm out here but as Eoghan said yesterday upon stepping outside, "this place is pissing me off"...and well, he's a dubliner so I don't feel to bad about me feeling this way. I think in all my wining about needing this break, and my free time spent showing pictures of home and looking up my favorite places on google earth (which can sometimes bring me to tears if you can believe it) I also may have convinced at least a few people to visit San Diego at some point. This is not too difficult as the point I'm trying to make here is that it has rained for most of the month of June and July doesn't look too promising either. There's something about having to bring a coat and umbrella out with you on a Saturday afternoon in July that is just wrong.

Yesterday we went to Kilmainham Jail which is the jail where the leaders of the 1916 revolution were executed. It was my first sightseeing activity that I've done in Dublin in quite a long time. 4 of us (me, Greg, Megan and Eoghan) took the bus out there and got the tour. It was cool to see since all of us recognized the place from movies (Michael Collins, In The Name Of The Father) and if you haven't seen those it definitely reminded me of The Green Mile. If you want to go when you come visit, I'd defintely be willing to go again :) I just hope that we get a different tour guide than the one we had. When we left Greg and I had a rather pointless discussion/arguement (which we often do) about which word she she used more: "jail" or "here". My vote was for "here" and anyways, since we were in a jail I feel she can say that word just about as many times as she wants. (right greg!) ;)

Anyways, just gonna get my pack on and sort out what I am bring home and what I am hiding around my house. I might even ask Andrew to take a box my really special, I would die if they got taken by my subletter, things to his parents house but we'll see. Can't wait to be home finally. Its been SO incredibly long!