10 Days in Ireland

Day 1 - Newark to Galway
It feels like it's been the LONGEST DAY, EVER!...probably because I've been awake for like 36 hours (with the exception of a few minutes of sleep on the plane and a brief nap this afternoon at the hostel.) After waking up early, doing ALL my packing, teaching Cubs, rushing through rainy day traffic and barely making it to my train in Princeton Junction, flying out, catching the bus and then spending the day walking around Galway, I feel like 3 days has gone by! No sufficient Blackberry charger here, which sucks because I spent about $100 on a charger at the airport to replace the one that a friend's careless friend lost last weekend, and it doesn't even fit into the adapter Cheryl has here! :( Must go get one...might look around for one tomorrow when we're out and about.

I debated on whether or not to bring my Blackberry. I toyed with the idea of leaving it at home and cutting off all contact because it's vacation, and I thought, shouldn't I take a vacation from all that stuff? I didn't want to be a traveler who takes the comforts of home with her because she can't cope with the reality of being "without her stuff"...but then I thought, that's not what this is about. I don't feel like I "need" to be doing something...but in this age of Facebook and Blackberry-Instant-Messager, I shouldn't have to feel the need to disconnect from all that. This is life now, and our PDA's and cell phones are just a part of us. Plus, it's a great tool for navigation and searching purposes--why buy a new map in every city and books and brochures on each and every place you go? Not to mention, it's a good tool for emergencies! ;)