and....10 years later

So I started blogging here way back in 2009 when I was newly arrived in Ireland.  We're still here, loving it, bought a house a while back, and now have an almost 10 year old Irish boy.

I'm not sure why I stopped blogging, it's not like I ran out of things to say.  I probably lost the password, got too busy with a small child and pressures at work.  Anyways, figured out the password, kid now occupies himself with an XBOX 360, and yesterday was the first day in 2 months that I ventured into the office.

This whole Covid-19 thing has got me with some spare time on my hands and a few new things to talk about, so the plan is to continue to blog here about my not-so-newly adopted home of Ireland.  In the 12 years that we've been here lots has changed....the recession sort of ended only to be restarted abruptly, politics are still only moderately ridiculous (but now I'm used to it), and the country really does now feel like home.  Yes, still have a huge part of my heart in Canada, but feeling more and more like the Irish everyday.  My good friend Caroline said a while back, ' a sure, you're one of us now'.  Best compliment I've had in quite a while.