We will happily pluck your lemon tree!

Then come over. JZ and I have been playing email/phone tag for weeks. I just can't really entertain - no energy. BUT I have lemons that you're more than welcome to and I would love to see you.

lisah, that's so cool. Ireland is in my top 3 favorite countries to visit. I just love that country to bits.

Onerous job application: DONE. Now I need to send an onerous email note to their division administrator so that my application isn't lost in a sea of preferential rehires. Blergh.

Maybe this Sunday, java? And if you need help with stuff around the house, just give me a list when I walk in.

I've only been once, to the north when I was a teenager and Bob's never been. I'm already a little sad we can't go for longer and see more (like my family in Cork) but we have an awesome trip planned! We are doing a bike tour of Connemara and the Aran Islands. Plus a few days in Dublin. !!!

JZ, Sunday should be fine! You don't need to do any of my housework, but you can bring a load of your laundry to do! And be sure to bring some shoes you won't mind getting muddy if you want to pick lemons!

lisa, ha, that's the opposite of me! I spent ALL of my time in the southwest part of the country and didn't even visit Dublin. I loved loved loved just driving around the coast endlessly visiting the tiny towns and drinking lots of pulled Murphys.

That trip is going to be amazing, lisah! I loved my trip to Ireland. Make sure you budget to buy some gorgeous handmade sweaters on the cheap.

java, as JZ notes, we'd be happy to help out with stuff around her house and just visit. No need to entertain. We could feed you!

I loved loved loved just driving around the coast endlessly visiting the tiny towns and drinking lots of pulled Murphys.

I drove around the entire south and then western coast of Ireland, from Baltimore (the southernmost port in Ireland) to Dingle.

Make sure you budget to buy some gorgeous handmade sweaters on the cheap.

And pottery!

We could feed you!

Tempting! I learned when Sox was here that I very much like other people to use my kitchen to make me things to eat.

I drove around the entire south and then western coast of Ireland, from Baltimore (the southernmost port in Ireland) to Dingle.

Ha. Mine was from Cork to Killearney (I drove the Dingle but stayed afterward in Killearney), so a bit more than you but the same damned idea. God it was great. The only awful thing about that trip was that my (film) camera was stolen on the very last day of my trip. So I don't have even one photo.

Everybody is getting a tin whistle and no complaining!

Give me strength. I'm working with a person who has been here since November, and I don't think she knows what she's doing at all. Aside from all the questions about things that have been basic job functions since she started. She does random shit like, picking herself which movies we're going to call exclusive, basically closing out a ticket 2 releases early.

I just don't even...