Well our final week in Ireland was a mix of doing nothing and running around in a mad panic. We spent the first half of the week cleaning up our apartment and packing- we really had accumulated a lot of stuff over our 13 months there. I think the bin was filled twice over from us alone.
Shane finished work on Wednesday and we spent the evening in the pub having dinner with some friends for the last time. Thursday morning came and we loaded the car and handed back the keys to the apartment. We actually managed to fit everything in the boot of the car- quite depressing/impressive depending on how you want to look at it. Then we went on a mini tour of Ireland-kinda. We drove to Kilkenny to see Shanes family and his mum took us out for lunch then in Dublin, then I drove back home to Ballymena alone. On Friday Shane did the long bus journey to Belfast to meet me took from 3.30 until 11.20- not bus eireann's finest work.
The weekend was spent with u running around getting final bits and pieces like coats and shoes, and our final fill of favourite foods like honey chili chicken and beef curry (just in case we cant get it in Canada).
On Sunday there was a surprise party for us in the Wine Bar. It wasn't a massive surprise as my family are subtle as a brick and really shouldn't park their cars in front of the bar if they don't want us to know they are coming. It was a great day with the kids running around as we got Daisy slightly high on sugar, and catching up with family we hadn't seen since the Wedding. It was nice to know people were going to miss us.
When Monday finally came around we had a leisurely breakfast with my sisters and then went to home to do a final pack. Helen dropped us to the airport while still trying to convince us to stay- no jobs, no house great reasons to stay :P. We got Checked in and dropped our bags off and we were under the weight limit!! So Proud! Then our flight was delayed (a sign to stay in Ireland? I think not) by 2 hours- The rest is a story for another day
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