Fun Weekend!

Following on from my previous post about achieivng 30 things before I reach...gulp...30!! I can now say that I can cross one of the list!!.....Surfing!! (In 11 degrees of Atlantic Ocean coldness! - Mind you with a not so flattering wet-suit on me, it didn't feel that cold!). I tell you one thing, surfing is hard work! I was bashed about and beaten by every wave that came near me and two days later my arms still ache...much to my boyfriends amusement.

I don't have any images to share (despite bringing my camera along!), but to be honest you don't want to see me attempting to surf anways....I was dire! Next time I'll invest in a much needed lesson!

I'll also invest in what the wee town of Lahinch needs...changing facilities! No one (not even the Japanese tourists who parked up next to us!) should have to get a glimpse of my pasty, milk white skin! Nor should anyone have to go through the humiliation of trying to gracefully remove a wetsuit under a towel while protecting one's dignity! I think I spent longer 'trying' to get changed outside the car then I did in the actual sea!

It also turns out we picked the wrong weekend to go away as this week a heatwave is a coming! Regular readers will know how I love when even the slightest bit of sunshine arrives into Ireland. It completley changes the mood of the country and the much spoken sentence of "It'd be a great country if we had the weather hey!", can be heard from Mullingar to Mayo, Lahinch to Laois and Cork to Cavan!

On a final note....Well done Munster! Magners League Champions. We had a bit of craic with some Leinster fans before, during and after the match!

Photo Credit; http://www.holidayhomelahinch.ie/

Birthday Celebrations

An easily pleased me with a yummy cupcake & can of coke (present curtorsy of my colleague Tom)

This week I celebrated the final year of my 20's.......gulp! Right now I feel old and that I haven't achieved all that I thought or hoped would achieve before I turned the big three Oooooo! However when I think about what I wanted to achieve before the big three Oooo, I sometimes find it difficult to remember what exactly those things were.

So in an effort to feel some sense of achievement by this time next year, I've set myself the.....wait for it....."30 things to achieve before I turn 30" challenge! Queue rounds of applause! So far, I've come up with the following.

Learn to Drive (I can hear the boyf and work colleagues laughing!)

Run 5k (without stopping...serious training needed)

Learn to surf

Try Oysters

Make Macaroons

Be well on the way to completing my Masters

Actually read the books my Masters requires me to read!

Go to the Eurovision (Azerbaijan is calling me!)

Get a new / creative / arty farty job in the area I'm qualified in or least be well on my way to getting there!

Get my legs waxed! (Yes, I'm 29 and I've never tried it! I hate pain!)

Go camping! (It's been a while)

Finally get a ticket to Glastonbury! (If I get one I can knock that off my list and camping!)

Save (rather than splurge) for a cheap, fun, sun holiday with Robert

Go a week without watching TV (and not actually die!)

Go to the cinema on my own

Clear my debts. (or at least try to!)

Write some letters to some friends

Go to the doctor and get the check ups you should be getting rather than avoiding them!!

Have a go at writing a children's book (You know you want to!)

Stop cursing......naughty naughty!

Be a vegetarian for a week and see if you like it.(I'm toying with the idea)

Give up taxi's (I take too many and they take too much of my money!)

Join a club or society in UL (I'm thinking Outdoor Pursuits Club)

Host a radio show (random, I know, but I'd love to work in radio!!)

Give up bread for a month (impossible!!!!)

Attend a Spanish or French class.

Get that bike repaired and use it! (it's been sitting in the shed for a while now!)

Make smoothies!

Learn a sport....Tag Rubgy, 5-aside soccer anyone?

and finally......work harder at LuckyRainbowDesigns!

I have to say I found that somewhat therapeutic!