We arrived back in Dublin more than four weeks ago. I still don’t feel quite settled. Since December 12th, I have slept in 8 different beds. Constantly moving like that is surprisingly stressful, and mentally tiring. And it has robbed me of the “coming home” sense that I felt entitled to after nearly three years away. […]
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Dublin Diary – Christmas Music
Coming home around the holidays, it’s been hard not to focus on the holidays themselves. These are always emotional times, driven by nostalgia, and I have disadvantage on Nostalgia (WIS) saves. But there is one thing that has stuck out this year against other years: usually by this time of year, I am sick and […]
Dublin Diary – Breakfast
This is the second post that I’ve written, and a pattern is starting to emerge; see if you can spot it. This morning, we woke up at 03.30, and when 06.15 rolled around, we decided that there was not point in trying to go back to sleep, so we should instead, get up and go […]
Dublin Diary – The Sandwich
We arrived back in Dublin yesterday, after living in the US for close to three years. It’s a strange feeling to come home, and given how hectic things were in the last couple of weeks before we moved, I don’t think I’ve really processed it yet. I promised a whole lot of people that I’d keep […]