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Buzzing.

Just spent the night speaking to teens about Daniel.  Great bunch, great dynamics, great drama, great God.  Loved it, loved it, loved it!  I got the chance to sing a couple of my songs and hear them beg for my myspace details (they’re only young - they don’t know any better, bless em!).  They totally LOVED acting out the stories, did it really well and seemed to grasp the actual application of it all.  I thought that working with students would have put me off teens, but nope!

Another whiff of recording opportunities…  Watch this (my) space!

I LOVE the blogosphere.  Its geeky, naval-gazingish (or nombrilleux pour ceux qui parlent francais) and downright time-consuming, but I LOVE it.  Tonight (when I should be wrapping and packing and sleeping), I read posts that made me laugh, cry and hope all over again.

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Eating breakfast outside on the decking this morning was grrrreat!  Not only cos it was outside, but also cos I’m just so thankful for my housemate (not just because she’s the reason I get to hang out in a house like this…).

A “game” of tennis (very funny), a HOT shower in the rain-like shower and an impromptu barbeque…

All the twos - 222!

I feel like in my lack of keeping record of the little things of 365 daily, I actually forget the little things.  Like, for today?  I definitely remember thinking ‘aww, I’ll 365 that’, but can’t remember what it was!  Although, seeing as it was only yesterday, that’s frightening!

Anyway… something to be thankful for… Another night in a fancy house in Portstewart.

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There were major disruptions on train journey back up today, but it actually wasn’t as bad as I thought it might be.  I made a point of taking it as time to enjoy my ipod, and I did. A good example of how things like this help to make the world go round happier

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Seeing our Relay Workers begin to realise some of the skills they have gained this year, discovering how valuble they are in lots of areas of life.  Just getting the chance to hang out and have fun with them, too.

Cocktails in Maynooth after a head-clearing evening walk.

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Took the train down to Dublin this avo.  Its actually very relaxing even if it takes forever: reading, listening to my ipod… grrrrrreat.

Dinner with “collegues”  - who are so much more than just that - outside a restaurant in a surprisingly quiet waterside area of Dublin as the sun set.  Food was great too.

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What a cracker of a day!   Great weather, I mean.  A difficult day otherwise, really.  A thankful moment for finding my wallet hadn’t been dropped in the forest, but was under my car seat!  Then a grateful return to hang out with my housemate and a tongue-in-cheek cruise on the prom.

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Hmm… Oh!  I know!  Ramore Strawboffee dessert.  Yum, yum, yum.  An afternoon nap and  then a wee jaunt to the stones-kicked-by (!) household was a nice way to pass an evening.

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It was really good to have ‘fans’ at a wee gig I did last night.  Was worried about sitting alone before and after playing, but turned out a former student and friend was in the area, discovered online that I was playing and came to hear!  It was cool to chat with her and her friend - more fun than the actual playing in fact.

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Hot toast with real butter and marmalade in The Copper Kettle and a generally relaxed, but productive morning.

The chance to go shopping with my housemate.

Finally getting my France photos off an SD onto my laptop and consequently being able to illustrate my Parisian 365 entries!