May Bank Holiday

I was meant to go to Derry this weekend for the Jazz Festival--lots of my Swing Belfast friends would be there for the weekend. I didn't go Saturday because I was too tired from my trip. I didn't go Sunday because the Belfast marathon was on, making it impossible to get into town on one bus and out of town on another. David had the car this weekend so that wasn't an option.

So instead I buckled down and worked on things I usually avoid. Like trying again to close a Wells Fargo account. And trying again to transfer a 401k to an IRA. Financial institutions aren't keen on you living abroad. I cleaned floors and did laundry and spent a few hours on work work. And I enjoyed social time with friends and neighbours so I wasn't too isolated.

It felt like a missed opportunity to not do something on a three-day weekend, however it's taken me surprisingly long to recover from the trip to Wales and London.

May 4-6