Cahir Castle Posted By Lorena On our drive from Wexford to Galway, in addition to stopping for gas and ALL THE SNACKS, we stopped at Cahir Castle. It was not...
Who do I want to be when I grow up? Posted By Lorena Maybe my Gen X is showing, but I didn't grow up knowing what I wanted to be. I remember having a chat with two other...
One more list of photo albums Posted By Lorena OK, y'all, I *really* thought it would be easier than it has been for me to write a daily travel blog/journal entry.... (note to self...
Time for another catch-up-on-albums post! Posted By Lorena At Hawk's house, we had some nasty weather and that gave me about a day and a half of catch-up time on blogging. Then we...
My Random Life Whirlwind Birthday Vacation Trip, Day Five Posted By Lorena I think it's day five. Where the fuck are we? What day is this? OH! It's my birthday! The whole day was a blur, and... Read More
My Random Life Whirlwind Birthday Vacation Trip, Day Four Posted By Lorena Wake up - brr! It was 37 degrees! I packed for the 50's... not for the 30's. But the insulting part? NO SNOW. I feel... Read More
My Random Life Whirlwind Birthday Vacation, Day Three Posted By Lorena How can I be so tired? Most of my day has been spent in the car! Hospital - Uncle Joe, while not out of the... Read More
My Random Life Whirlwind Vacation Birthday Trip, Day Two Posted By Lorena The big news of the day by far is that Uncle Joe is becoming responsive; they've brought him up to the surface and he seems... Read More
My Random Life Whirlwind Birthday Vacation Trip, Day One Posted By Lorena The day began at 3 AM when the alarm went off. You can all imagine the flurry of packing, showering, cat-snuggling, and triple-checking that the... Read More
My Random Life When last we left our Intrepid Hero Posted By Lorena I know I haven't posted an update in a couple of days. It seems sort of pointless to say "READ THIS! NO CHANGES!" but on... Read More
My Random Life Not much new to report Posted By Lorena From Aunt Gay's daily email - Tues 9/29 3PM. Joe is still in ICU, still on the ventilator, still running a fever of about 102. ... Read More
My Random Life How many posts can I title “Daily Unca Joe Update”? Posted By Lorena Two emails from Aunt Gay today - Mon. 9/28 Joe still has a high fever, though not as high as yesterday. He's off the cold... Read More
My Random Life Uncle Joe update Posted By Lorena I just had a lovely conversation with Aunt Gay, and they've finally gotten Unca Joe's fever down. This is the email she sent out earlier... Read More
My Random Life Daily Unca Joe update Posted By Lorena I was about to post this: Joe's still in ICU, still has a fever, still on the respirator. The pulmonary doc hasn't been in yet,... Read More
My Random Life Unca Joe critically stable! Aunt Gay getting rest! Posted By Lorena Once again, pretty much just copy-paste from Aunt Gay (and also sending her love and hugs): Wednesday, Sept. 23, noon. Joe's still "critically stable," still... Read More
My Random Life Your daily Unca Joe update Posted By Lorena Basically just quoting an email Aunt Gay sent out a little bit ago - As many of you already know, Joe had emergency abdominal surgery... Read More
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