Up to July 23rd; Man. That’s a big jump right there. I’ve been really lazy. Anyway, we take off from our second to last day in Dublin. We were on another day tour into the Irish Countryside.

Our tour guide this time was wicked. He knew what was going on. He had a sense of humour. He didn’t stop talking, and in a voice loud enough to hear. That’s all you need in a tour guide. If what he’s talking about is interesting enough to make you worried about sleeping on the bus, he’s good. The same goes if he is in fact a she. She wasn’t a she in this case. Is that right?

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July 5th Onwards; So I’ve fallen far behind. It was bound to happen one day. I would write a whole heap or do tons of other stuff and realise that I’d practically been setting myself homework and then completely procrastinate for two weeks. In many legs of the Trousers of Time the whole of Travels of Jack ended right there… it went right down the plughole.

Just as well in your leg you have me, undeniable master of perseverance (lets not talk about how we got into this mess in the first place) and I’m of course going to tame this wild beast, shove the bit right back into its mouth and steer it back on track. Know that you’re not missing much except idle chatter for most of the days I’ll be trash-compacting. This is mostly because we did nothing much except survive, in the dullest sense of the word. Surviving can be exciting and fun… like Man vs. Wild. Or if you were watching slow motion wolf-attacks on the Discovery channel. Our surviving was not quite as exciting though. For whatever reason, society strives to take out the excitement that a wolf attack might bring into your life. The most excitement we got was elementary maths and some currency conversion, followed by walking down to aisle nine when it freed up at the super market.

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This is basically a recap of our time in Los Angeles outside of the wedding. It’s not entirely in order… mainly because I don’t remember the order! Let’s start with Disneyland!

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This is a little late, but over the next few days I’m going to try and make up a little time…

… So, why not start right near the start? Perhaps at my Sister’s wedding. Sounds good.

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July 4th; An early start today. I didn’t really feel like an early start. Then again, I did pay a bit of money for these tickets to this music festival and all. Kate, Ryan, Ben and I all headed down to STA travel first, to book our tour. I had been somewhat swayed.

After that the boys pretty much immediately jumped on the tube home. Apparently they slept for a good long time. Hendo got up at six in the evening, which is an amazing feat for one who went to bed at the same time as the rest of us and didn’t get out of bed with any of us that morning. Paying for the tour was probably the single hugest money drop I’ve done in my life, past even my school fees in all likeliness. It was done. It turns out the one that left on the ninth, only five days from this entry, was booked out that night or morning. We had to opt for a forty six day tour starting on the twenty third. Time to survive on no money for two and a half weeks!

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