June Twenty Twee

Well, at long last, I’m back from my fantastic trip, and actually starting to edit my photos! This may be a personal record for me considering that it is 2 years since my trip to Europe and 8 months since my trip to Africa and I still haven’t made a real dent in editing or posting any pictures. We’ll see how long it takes me to get through the Ireland and England bunch. Check out some fisheyes of my lomo

Anyway, truly excellent trip!!!! Which I really needed. Apparently I’ve been so stressed out that my body decided that having shingles would be an excellent way to do a trip (I’ve certainly had worse on my travels). Luckily I had it for over a week before we left, so I got through the painful stuff at home.

In Ireland we had some really great experiences, saw much of the country (which really is as beautiful as everyone has made you think it its), had sunny gorgeous “adventure perfect” weather, drank a lot of Murphy’s and Guinness, and drank A LOT of Jameson. We also sang that song that goes, “My baby takes the morning train/ he works from 9 to 5 and then/ he takes the train back home again/ to find me waiting for him” by Sheena Easton. I don’t know why, but Chris got it stuck in all of our heads. There was also a plethora of Lady Gaga, Shania Twain, and Lily Allen. Someday soon Taylore will complete a movie of our trip and I’ll post it here somehow - it will give a much better account of our hooligan-ish antics than I can here.

England, likewise, was fantastic. The conference was amazing! The English Riviera is beautiful. It was really great to see my UK friends again, especially Holly, Jo, Kathy, Tony, Andy, and Mark as well as the Brasilian girls and Robynn from South Africa. I learned some new stuff (which is always good) and did some networking and work for Shape. After the conference I tagged along with my Mom, Karen, and Jackson for a lovely weekend in London (where I’ve decided I need to move to) and then two more days in Dublin before heading home.

It has been busy since I’ve been back, with family visiting and starting a new job sub contracting with an engineering firm here in San Diego, all the meanwhile catching up with friends, family, and applying for all sorts of jobs. There has been loads going on in the almost two weeks I’ve been back, and I’ll catch up on that at a later date.