Beautiful Day!

It is a beautiful, sunny Saturday here in Dublin- a welcome change! And, the leaves are beginning to change, so in my opinion it is a perfect, autumn day. Yes, the leaves do change here- it's not always all green!

The past two weeks since I last updated have flown by. Last weekend Paul had races at Mondello, near Dublin, on Saturday and Sunday. He had to borrow an engine, as his isn't going to be fixed this season. He qualified for pole position for both races on Saturday and Sunday. Unfortunately someone hit him on the race on Saturday and he left the track, had to get back on, and finished 9th. On Sunday he won! There is only one race left in the season- a week from today in Northern Ireland. Paul is currently second in the championship- in order to win it the guy who is in the lead would have to get 4th place or lower and Paul would have to win the last race. We'll see what happens!

Work continues to be busy for both of us, and we keep ticking away the items on the "To Do" lists for the wedding. I feel like everything is falling into place very well- just a few odd e-mails to send before I go over to MN. I am very lucky that my sister, Margo, and my friend, Molly, have taken the week off of work before my wedding, so I have no doubt that we'll get everything done and still have a bit of time to relax (and enjoy all of the restaurants/stores/sites that I'm missing- Target and Coldstone, here I come!).

Paul is at a building exhibition here in Dublin with his dad today, and we have no big plans for the rest of the weekend. We were over at some friends' for dinner last night and had a great meal. Sunday will be sports most of the day (I think men are the same worldwide!)- Manchester United (Paul's favorite soccer team) play, and the All-Ireland Gaelic Football Final is on. I'm looking forward to the day when we have a second tv in the house!

Hope you are all having a good weekend!

6 Weeks To Go!

Where is the time going? For those of you who are married, did the weeks leading up to your wedding just go by faster and faster? Is there anything you wish you had or hadn't done for the wedding? I've been making a lot of lists because there isn't a whole lot that can be done until I'm back in Minnesota- but a lot of thoughts keep running through my head of what needs to be done when I'm back!

Work is getting busier for me- one of the part time physios left to go to school in London a couple of weeks ago and another has been on sick leave for the past two weeks. At least it keeps my mind off of wedding things a bit! To give you an idea of how quickly things work over here, I just got my final "official" offer letter for my position, which I interviewed for and was offered in July 2007 and started in January!

Paul's racing has had some bad luck. He got his engine rebuilt and the first time he had it out two weeks ago in a race he did about four laps before the car totally stalled. Apparently the crankshaft broke and messed up the engine big time. Now he'll be borrowing an engine for the last few races of the season- the next one is next weekend near Dublin.

Last weekend we headed to Louisburgh on Friday afternoon, spent the night there with Paul's parents, then headed to Galway on Saturday afternoon for one of Paul's friends 30th birthday party. A group of 8 of us went out to dinner and a few more joined in for drinks later in the night. It was a blast! We hadn't been out until 4AM for a long, long time.

This weekend my main objective is working on a presentation for work that I have to do on Tuesday. I've known about it for about 2 months, but why start working on it any earlier!?!? I will be reading a few journal articles then summarizing them in a powerpoint presentation. It shouldn't be too bad, but the journal articles can be a bit tiring to read!

That's all for now!