Freedom, surf & spontaneity
Right, I finished my exams ages ago and haven't looked back since. Karen and I had a really enjoyable party in our place, and I must admit I found the next few days a bit stressful, difficult to relax and wind down. But I got over that all pretty quickly and found my evenings filling up with catching up with friends, walks on the pier in Dun Laoghaire and trips to the theatre. The past two weekends I've been in Sligo surfing, which has been really enjoyable. The weather has been fantastic for about 10 days, glorious sunshine (but not so many waves). Last weekend a crowd of us camped in Easkey, partied hard, enjoyed the sunshine and surfed. I felt like I'd been away for weeks.
Now the plan for this weekend was to go out in Dublin on Friday night, catch up with an old friend who has just returned from a years travelling around the world, then get up early yesterday morning to drive home to Sligo to surf. Well the first part of the plan worked swimmingly, it was great to see Mick and hear about his travels. Two of my friends were in the pub and were heading to Wexford (opposite end of Ireland to Sligo) for a 21st birthday, and they managed to presuade me to join them. It seemed like a fabulous idea at the time, but 3 hours later, when we were driving around the countryside lost and trying to find the party...we were more than a bit frustrated. In the end it was a fantastic night - new people, inflatable josting, beer on tap and dancing. I got back to Dublin about 3, so good thing there was no surf at home this weekend.
Spent this afternoon wandering around town (I think it was the first time I've been in town while the shops were open for about 3 months), eating good food and gossiping with Bairbre. All good:)
Now the plan for this weekend was to go out in Dublin on Friday night, catch up with an old friend who has just returned from a years travelling around the world, then get up early yesterday morning to drive home to Sligo to surf. Well the first part of the plan worked swimmingly, it was great to see Mick and hear about his travels. Two of my friends were in the pub and were heading to Wexford (opposite end of Ireland to Sligo) for a 21st birthday, and they managed to presuade me to join them. It seemed like a fabulous idea at the time, but 3 hours later, when we were driving around the countryside lost and trying to find the party...we were more than a bit frustrated. In the end it was a fantastic night - new people, inflatable josting, beer on tap and dancing. I got back to Dublin about 3, so good thing there was no surf at home this weekend.
Spent this afternoon wandering around town (I think it was the first time I've been in town while the shops were open for about 3 months), eating good food and gossiping with Bairbre. All good:)
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