Down for the day

Whatever Vicki and Cody have and are recovering from, I managed to get it as well. So pictures from the day are limited.

Here is where I spent most of the day. 

This is what it is doing outside.

Cody and I went early to take laundry. That pooped me out. I went back and crashed. Vicki and Cody went out for a while. We've been hanging out here since. 

I watched a bunch of YouTube videos on hurling (absolutely crazy Irish sport combining lacrosse, field hockey, baseball, and spoon racing. It is crazy and they are crazy about it.), playing the bohdran (I have one that I never learned to play - maybe now?), and how the Irish react to trying foods we consider Irish - for the first time. The. I watched the FA final between Arsenal and Aston Vilła. Arsenal won 4-0. You'd think their coach might crack a smile, but he looked worse than this the entire match. Only after the last second did he allow a clap. He actually smiled later. It must have hurt.

This is a bohdran and a link to a guy playing it solo. 

http://youtu.be/3ChbigufBC8

I hauled one of these around the southeast of Ireland about 15 years ago. It now hangs on the wall in our house.

I would have seen someone playing this in O'Flaherty's if I were well. A classic Irish bar, at least in my eyes.

Everyone you see in the photo was very nice, but especially the bartender.

I'm done. The Blarney Stone gave me the ability to talk at length about almost nothing! Bed time.