Emotional rollercoaster

I’m finally in Ireland! When I first planned this trip I was really excited, now I’m ready to kill. When I realized my passport expired I should have know more bad things were to come. I paid the big bucs to expidite my passport and I played the waiting game. I got it 2 days before I was to leave, there was major panic involved in that whole transaction. Then I had my super fun 9 hour layover in one of the lamest airports ever, and just when I think things are starting to look up...I’m stuck in Shannon airport. The car I booked way in advance wasn’t ready and now I’ve already waited 2 and 1/2 hours for an automatic. Why oh why didn’t I learn standard? I just pray this trip gets better, it has too, right?!?