Exciting stuff...

...For a change!! It's been a busy week, and not with work based things, which is fantastic. Spent Monday with my sister, her husband and their two boys. We went to the Reptile Village outside Kilkenny and had an absolute blast! Well, the adults did. Not so sure about the kids. I however was in my element. I came home and realised I had picked up lots of tit-bits of information about the animals. More of those useless things that will stay lodged in my head for eternity, taking up space that could be used on more important things. But instead, I will forever know that if a spider is dropped from a height the abdomen can burst, causing the spider to die. However, sometimes if the spider is preparing to shed her skin (I say her cause I'm sexist with spiders, blame E.B.White) she has already started healing herself from the inside out, so she could possibly survive the drop. Why do I know this? Cause I heard it from the handler at the Village. How long will I remember this? Longer than I'll remember my conversational Irish phrases probably.

Yesterday and today were work filled. But tomorrow is concert filled! After work I am clambering into my sisters car to go to Dublin to see the Indigo Girls in concert. There's four of us going - hopefully, one is currently on the brink of being out of action - and it should be a really good night out. I haven't seen them since I was in Secondary School, which is quite a while ago. And I don't even know the last time the four of us did something together, so very excited now.

And then, and THEN, it's Hallowe'en!! I am spending the day of Hallowe'en in the Indoor Market facepainting, all dressed up in my gothic fairy costume!! Then hopefully I get to wear the costume out and about on Saturday night.

And then! It gets better! I get to go back to Edinburgh on Monday!!! So excited about that one. I haven't been in two years. Its such a fantastic place. I'm going with two friends, one of whom has never been before. I hope she likes it as much as I do. After all, I'm the one that suggested it!