Excitement Everywhere

I don't know if it was the perfect blue skies today, the laughing with my youth, or talking to the bride-to-be but nothing could get me down right now. I don't even know where to start, but I guess the bride-to-be kinda stumped you so I will gladly start there. My wonderful friends Sam and Chad got engaged last Friday night, at the Biltmore Estate (He did well...). The wedding will be August 25th at the Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill. Thank goodness I will be home, or I would cry my eyes out. So many holidays and random nights have passed that I have asked Sam if he had done it, and we would laugh and complain that he was taking forever. While I am sad to be away during such an exciting time, I am so very excited for them! And I bought a new dress, ironically on the same day that he proposed. I had nothing to wear it for, but now I do... insane how that worked out.

On another super fun note, I spent Wednesday and Thursday of this week in Dublin- as you know if you keep up with my blog : ) The city was great, the weather was eh, but we made the best of it! There are millions of pictures on my webshots, but here are some of my favorite and some highlights of what we did.

The Guinness Storehouse was probably my most favorite thing in Dublin. I am not a huge fan of Guinness, but it is decent. The Storehouse was just really cool. I even took a little stash of Irish Barley for my scrapbook : ) We saw everything I had wanted to see, including the Molly Malone statue who is exposing more than half of her breasts. Pretty risque Dublin, pretty risque. The sites were pretty, the rain was annoying, and the Euro has an amazing exchange rate compared to the pound! We had amazing kebabs in the Temple Bar area and found good craic at the pub with Dave, Alison's friend and his friends. Overall, wonderful trip. I would never want to live in Dublin (too big) but fun holiday spot.

Today, I spent the afternoon with my youth, playing mini-golf and hanging out at McDonald's. We had a great time, and I came in second. We played girls team vs boys and the girls won. Overall it was great, I love hanging out with those kids. We took some pretty funny pictures so I will share some with you, of course.


Well, things are good. No complaints from me, other then I super miss my friends at home. And I have set the date for my return, August 15th. That will be an interesting day! Until then, Miss and love you all. xoxo