At last entry Katherine's brothers were visiting from the States, and playing hosts kept us busy for much of the last week. They departed over the weekend and it's back to the work week...a work week that holds some surprises? Read on.
But first, I would like to report that we finally made a visit to the fabled Fota Wildlife Park, a Cork institution. It's about a hundred acres of exotic animals, some of which you can get very up close and personal with.
These guanacos were hanging out on the footpath. Kevin (in the yellow hat) got too close and one of them tried to stomp on his foot.
Brother Matt with some ring-tailed lemurs.
Fota is good craic, and the park's attractions are very informative. And I got to see an ostrich chase off––at a full run––not one, but two giraffes simultaneously. That alone was worth the money.
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Throughout last week I kept my eye on help-wanted ads. And as I last reported, things are slow. Being unemployed has its benefits, of course: while Katherine was at work (before her brothers came) I was cranking out a good amount of writing. Currently I'm working on an article-length piece––it needs a lot of work before I think about submitting it to someone, but I like how it has taken shape thus far.
This week was meant to be the same way––that is, until I got a phone call on Friday. It was from my former boss at the warehouse in Blackpool. They need me back for another temporary stint! This one for two or three weeks! Call me the Brett Favre of warehousing. So instead of lounging around and working on my article this week, I have fallen back into the familiar routine of walking three miles to Blackpool in the morning and three miles back in the evening. Fun stuff.
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