Leaving Parties!

Time is rapidly passing we are now down to 8 days to go! Apprehension, nerve, excitement and fear are all kicking in, in equal measures. Some things reinforce our want to go and somethings are making us doubt it but "Nobody said that it'd be easy, they just promised it would be worth it. " Im hoping that rings true as time goes on in this trip... 

Im now officially unemployed, finished up on Friday afternoon- handed in my card and brands, was the subject of an embarrassing speech and then left and headed to the traditional leaving place of all jobs - THE PUB!!! The scene- The Porterhouse, the drink- Strawberry Daiquiri, the music- assorted! We had a great evening of cocktails, pitchers, pints and shots. Was a great night finished with some choking goodbye hugs and promises of emails and Skype chats. 

Shane also had his leaving do on Friday but he is still employed until Wednesday. The lads and token girl ;) headed to Slatterys for several pints. I like to think the craic was had by all but I haven't heard much but Shane's head ache on Sat would indicate it was fun. 

When Saturday arrived we embarked on a 6hour journey to Carlow - yep 6 hours! The joys of no longer having a car were experienced in all their glory. When we arrived we had a lovely chinese and then readied ourselves to head to Kilkenny. 

We headed to the Left Bank. It was our first time in the Left Bank and I was impressed. It had a lovely atmosphere and a good mix of people and most importantly never took more than a few minutes to get served. We spent the evening catching up with friends and meeting people we hadn't seen since the wedding over 6 months ago now! (how time flies when your having fun). After a few hours we walked-staggered, to Abra for some food- the kind that no one eats sober. 

Some Images of what we are leaving behind

Snowy Slemish

Dublin day

Dublin at night

Glenarm

Kilkenny

3 Weeks to go.

Now only 22 days to go. Packing has started with a vengeance! first suitcase packed and surprisingly only came to 15kg- we might manage to actual do this within our limit. The apartment is covered in boxes and crates. Still tying to get rid of the car hopefully will get a buyer soon before Shane starts to really panic.

Unfortunately today was spent watching Kilkenny lose the final, that 5 in a row was so close, but well played to Tipp, they were definitely the better team today.

I have 10days left in work and Shane has 13 to go, its very hard to concentrate when its nearing the end. Especially when you are coming home from work and apartment and job hunting. The excitement is growing!
Most of the final arrangements are done, we even have our boarding passes already! Now we just have to make arrangements for good byes :( and storage.

And so the countdown continues...