Mind Maps and Cheap Flights

I finished reading and scribbling over my first draft yesterday. Result! Today I'm starting the 'character mind-map', a graphic of how the characters in each story are linked. I'll probably have a large extended family (the Irish tend to know their third cousins so it fits!) but maybe I'll have them cross paths as well just to make it interesting. I'm expecting this to take a few days as I'll probably keep changing my mind and coming up with new ideas, but it's all part of the big picture process y'all.

The Ours and I booked two flights to Luxembourg today to visit my folks - one with Ryanair in April to Frankfurt Hahn and one with Luxair in July direct to Luxembourg airport.

I'm not sure why I continue to be so jammy with Ryanair flights but the combined total for two adults was 65 euro. That was of course without hold luggage (28 euro) with airport check in (16 euro). Suffice to say the extras aren't worth it when they cost nearly as much as the flight itself.

The Luxair flight was 227 euro for both of us - sounds expensive at face value but the cheapest priced tickets I've ever found with the airline are 200 euro each. Throw in a direct route to Lux airport, comfy leather seats, a tasty meal and hold luggage galore and it's not too shabby.

Enjoy your Friday!

Go on the 'Bourg

Hi sport fans! I'm deliriously happy to report that Luxembourg beat Belarus 1-0 today! They are still bottom of their Euro qualifiers table but now they have three points. They were away too - W00t!

*Update: Apparently it's their first win in 12 years...wow.
*Update 2: Best not to dwell on the Ireland result.