Tuesday, February 10, 2004

10 February, Tuesday: Up early to prepare for the trip to Dublin. To Starbucks for coffee at 8 and when I got back to my flat I checked email and noticed Jill was online. It was 12:45 AM in California (8:45 here) and really late for her to be up. She said she was just getting a few tasks done. We talked until 1 AM her time and she had to get up in four hours to get the kids ready for daycare. Oh to be young again with so much energy. (Not really a wish, trust me.)

Simon picked me up at 10:30 and we went to Starbucks again, since he hadn’t had any coffee. We enjoyed the beautiful drive through Wales. I love the drive—the powerful majesty of the sea, the faded glory of the castles, and the pastoral grandeur of the farms and fences. Of course, Simon hates Wales, but I don’t care. I love it.

We stopped at the town with the longest name in the world and ate lunch. I also bought a duvet for my single bed, so I better get visitors now. The duvet was on sale for 9 pounds, and others I’ve seen were 30 pounds, so I got a real bargain at the woolen mill.

We took the Stena Line this time instead of the Irish Ferry and sat in Stena Plus—kind of a business club and we worked for nearly 3 of the 3 ½ hour trip, on the structure and action plan we’ll present to Dan, Dave and Judith. We landed at 5:45 and had an interview at 6:30 and dinner with an Advisory Board member at 8.

Both were enjoyable, especially the dinner, but I ate way too much. Got to my room at 10:15 PM and worked on the 38 emails I received (some work, some personal) until midnight.

posted by Jerilyn Dufresne, author @ 17:59