Fresh Rolls + The Luck of The Irish.

I woke up just past 10 this morning and found J still passed out beside me. Thursday was a public holiday, so it was odd to see him still in bed at that time. For the past week he's had the early shift and we've both been woken up by a screaming alarm at 6 am on the dot. The sun rises just after 5am but it's been raining pretty much non-stop for the past few days that it's always so gloomy in the morning.


I'm still not a Morning person, so the shit weather doesn't help. Occasionally we'll have bursts of sun which last all of a few minutes. Enough time to run to the car, to the corner store or in my case, take a photo of my Fuchsia flowers bursting with bubble gum coloured goodness.

So anyway, we had this sudden urge to check out the bakery up the road. Last week J needed to get his car serviced so he had to take the bus and on his way there he noticed that a new bakery had opened. Unsure whether they were still open since most bakeries tend to close early on public holidays, we decided to just check it out. We jumped out of bed, grabbed some loose change and were out the door within minutes.


They had a special deal which was hard to resist and was far cheaper than any other bakery we've been to. One had a choice between either four croissants or 4 Doughnuts or 5 bread rolls + 2 croissants for 2 Euros.


Apparently the guy had just opened the bread chain a month ago and was rather talkative. He was keen on sharing his ideas about how he intends to fix up the place and eventually take over the place and call it some other name. J was just as eager to join in on the conversation and fuel his excitement. Great entrepreneur and was very people friendly.


Since it started to drizzle again, we thought we'd get a coffee too and wait it out. So for 2 croissants +5 rolls + 2 freshly brewed coffee, it cost us 4 Euros which we thought was a really good deal and the croissants weren't too buttery or flaky. Plus the rolls tasted really good and weren't super hard that it would cut the roof of your mouth. I hate it when that happens!


We then decided to take a walk around the neighborhood and checked out all the houses. Each one was unique and some had much more character than the other. One particular garden had these strange looking flowers growing in their front yard. It looked like a creature from the deep sea ocean.


Once opened the pastel blue flower looked like it sat on a bed of thorns. Like a spider on a web but not really. It looked like it belonged in some science fiction movie. It was very strange looking.

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But that was pretty much my day with random sleep intervals and last minute print outs. Oh in case you haven't been following my Twitter, J and i will be sitting on a plane in about 9+ hours on our way to Dublin, Ireland.


It was Little L's 7th birthday last week and so J thought it would be a nice idea if we go and surprise her. J's been missing her heaps lately and i can see this trip would mean a lot to him. I can't believe it's already been 2 months since we said our farewells at the airport.

But seeing that we couldn't be there for her actual birthday, we decorated a plate with cookies, cake decoration pieces and stuck 7 candles in them. We then lit them and sang her happy birthday. She doesn't look so excited in the photo but i think she's just waiting for us to stop singing.

And so over the weekend we told her we were sending her her birthday present and that it will arrive on Friday. We wrapped up a random box we found in her room and pretended that that was the package she should wait for. So yea, i don't think she has any idea we're coming to see her.

But i am certain she will freak out when we get there.

Guess what airlines we're flying with!?

Aer Lingus! No guessing whether the person who came up with that name had sex on his mind that morning. Seriously don't say YOU didn't think of that "C" word! I wonder if anyone has ever asked if they do any "extras" on board...

*Giggles to herself*

OK i'm being silly. I need to sleep soon as we're on the morning flight.

Anyway, tickets were really cheap because it's off season and if i'm not mistaken we only paid for the taxes. So all up it came up to 157.38 Euros for the both of us. Still not cheap but we're taking this as our annual holiday.


When we asked what she wanted for her birthday, her list included chocolate made in Germany. So we bought a variety and made one big mixed bag. We also thew in some Deutsche Bratwürste [German sausages]. We also got a game that teaches kids how to speak English but i reckon she'll be quite good at it already, as her English has improved drastically. Children are sponges in that way, they can absorb everything and languages are by far easier to comprehend when they're younger.

Although, i do reckon her mother is so not going to be too pleased knowing that we bought all this sugar for her. But oh well. It's not every day she turns 7 right?

But guess who's picking us up at the airport?

Yup, the ex and her boyfriend. Originally it was just the boyfriend but now apparently she wants to come for the ride. Her reason was so she knows the way there should she need to drive to the airport in the future. The airport to where we plan to stay [and the town that they live in] is about 3 hours away! Well it's going to save us 36 Euros for 2 one-way train tickets, so we can't complain.

But it sure is going to be a very interesting car ride. I wonder if war will break out? Who knows. Let's just hope the luck of the Irish will keep everyone at Peace and talking civilized.

Not sure if a game of "Eye Spy With My Little Eye Something Beginning With [insert an alphabet]..." would be a good ice breaker. By the way, the kids will be at school and Baby A will be at the day care centre, so it's not like we can direct the attention onto them.

Fingers crossed everything goes well.

Don't worry, i'll be sure to take photos. I'll be back next week. Have a great weekend and be good to yourselves!