last days in Ireland

Three more days on this lovely isle and I'm off for the next phase of this journey. I have mixed feelings on leaving because really, it's been amazing. I finished working on the farm yesterday and was a bit sad in leaving today. Although the work was hard (really hard at times), the people were really quite wonderful and made me feel like I wanted to stay longer. Perhaps one day I'll return, who knows... next time I'll bring a car, so I wont have to hitchhike everywhere I go (although this proved to be a great way to meet a fun array of people!). Anyhow, I'm back in Cork right now, staying again with Denises friend Anne, and the family she works for. We'll be here two days and then I'm off on my own again, headed for Dublin for one night and then off to Paris early on Tuesday. I'm sad also to say goodbye to Denise, who has been a grand commerade in the last three weeks. We've shared some unforgettable moments and I'm really just eternally grateful for the gods throwing us together. Tonight we're going out to some pubs to drink a few more Bulmers and hear some music and inevitably be decended upon by charming drunken Irishmen (I dont think I've mentioned yet how incredibly fun the pubs are here... another thing I'll definetly miss!).
Anyhow, onward and upward! I'm psyched to see Paris and I'm sure it will be an adventure unto itself.
Today is my one-month point, and I'm absolutely amazed at how much has happened in the short span of 30 days. I think that a lot of you reading this think I've had bad luck and that things have not gone well, but really, in my eyes, things have gone flawlessly and I'm grateful for all the crazy/fun/weird things that have happened. All money in the bank as far as life experience goes.
I'll let y'all know I'm alive once I've landed on the continent.
till then,
xoxo