Life Lessons with Liam Neeson

Well, I have finally gotten all my ducks in a row. T minus six days and I have finally gotten my currency exchanged, a check card acquired and a place to stay booked. It wasn't until a few days ago that I realized "hmm, I leave America in eight days and I have no means of spending money and no place to sleep arranged.. Perhaps I should remedy this. But, I am the worlds greatest procrastinator. Truly I am. It's almost disgusting. So it just got taken care of.. But its better than waiting until I was there.

My mom has been a help in my trip preparations. Helping my plan a budget and what not. My dad has been a help too. He rented Liam Neeson's "Taken" and had me watch it. He told me he just wanted to me to know... Well now I know that I dont want to steal Liam Neeson's kid unless I want my wife shot! Point taken, Dad!

So again I say, in EXACTLY six days, I will be in New York City, waiting on my connecting flight to Ireland, excited out of my mind. I pity my friends in New Jersey. They are going to have to put up with me for 8.5 hours. On a normal day I am hard to be around for 8.5 hours. I tend to be a "little much" in everyday life. There is a list of 100 millions things that make me freakishly happy and I tend to let anyone within earshot know how freakishly happy I am about those things. (And I have pipes, so the 'earshot range' is about ten miles) So imagine normal excited Mac on steroids, what with the fac that I get to fly and sleep in the sky and all... Again I say, I feel kinda sorry for my friends in New Jersey.

So there you have it. Not much else to say until the trip starts. As of now, my only planning left is to decide to carry on or check my bags.. Pros and cons to each if you ask me. Check my bags: No lugging a back pack all over huge airports, then again I might never see my bags while in Europe.. Carry them on: No worries about missing bags, but no hand lotion either... What a delimma. Anyone with ideas?