It's been a quiet week, nothing much occurred.  I went to a concert with my friend Mary on Thursday and on Wednesday we went to see the Olympic team return and get kudos from the government, but the ceremony was rained out and we didn't stay to see it.  The rain just came down and the wind was terrible.  It was a complete gale. 

The only thing noteworthy this week is my new addiction to "Big Money" the Irish  Lottery's scratch-off game.  When we were at Glasnevin last week the tour guide said that if we touched James Connelly's casket it would be lucky, so I've started buying these lottery tickets that, in addition to the 'instant win' amounts include chances for attending a TV program and another chance to win a trip to New York.  With about 20 tickets (at 3 Euro a pop) we've won about 20 Euro but also three chances for the TV show and 6 for the NY trip.  Now that I've touched the coffin, I'm sure we're going to win! So, look for us, or at least me, reporting from New York soon! ha ha

Next week promises to be much more interesting.  Our friends are coming tomorrow and on Tuesday we leave for Killarney and the Dingle Peninsula.  Hopefully next weeks post will be much more interesting.  I'm only going to post this today because I want to keep the discipline of doing it on Fridays!