Catching up

Almost every night I compose post after post for this blog in my head as I lay in bed waiting to fall asleep.  And day after day I think about sitting down and actually writing how I'm feeling about living in Ireland.  And then I don't.  I'm not sure why, really, but today I'm going to attempt to change that.  Especially since my last post was such a downer and I don't feel like it's a good representation of our life here at all.  Yes, there are difficult days, days when I miss our friends and family like you wouldn't believe and want nothing more than to stay home and dwell on how hard it is to be away from everyone.  But mostly?  Things are good here, we like where we are in our life and are loving the opportunity that has been given to us. 

I ran up to the petrol station the other night to grab some milk before they closed....at 7pm.  ;)  I parked the car, ran in and grabbed the milk, paid for it, and was back in the car in about 5 minutes.  And that's when it struck me.  I am so incredibly happy right now and totally and completely love this moment in life.  It was one of those moments when it just kind of hit me and made me pause for a moment.  I love where we are right now.  I love the life that we are creating for ourselves.  I love that it felt incredibly normal to run into the petrol station at 6:30 on a Saturday night for a jug of milk.