Arrived!!

I'm here, safe, and thoroughly exhausted. The red eye only takes 6 hours, but you leave at 6pm, and arrive at 6am, since you travel with the time zones. It's a bit like time traveling. And according to The Time Traveler's Wife (the best book EVER), time traveling makes you feel like total crap. Sounds about right. My ears are still blocked (12 hours later), I'm faintly sick to my stomach, and still finding it a little hard to get my bearings. No more complaining though. I slept for about 3 hours when I got home, then woke up to my cousins Maddie and Patrick looking all healthy and well-rested (jerks) excited to start the day. Maddie works in a touristy part of Dublin at the cutest cafe, across the street from the Post Office (where, apparently, there were some violent IRA uprisings). Patrick and I walked around north-side Dublin for hours, stopping into the cafe once in a while for a "family discount" tea or two. Not too much to report. Just some solid family time and fun, low-key touristing. Love y'all.