Today's To Do List

A day in my life, specifically today:

Breakfast

Check emails, facebook, write new blog

Shower and dress

Make up bed with clean sheets

Tidy room and put on washing

Hang washing

Sweep room

Look for bandana for work 

Work 12:30  - 6

Walk home via Penny's - buy pillow

Write a list of breakfast stuff for Sunday

Have dinner

Clubhouse at Docks for band @ 8:30, meeting girls there

Meeting friend at bus station at 9:15

Go home

Maybe back to Docks for Volvo Ocean Race Festivities

Bed

Well I better get a move on that looks like a busy day now that i have written it down. 

Will post better blog in a couple of days telling you whats been going on. All my love xx

Or maybe this festival, it is one heck of a mission!

I would quite like to go to this festival - Electric Picnic - just need to find some people to go with, i'm on a mission!

Mem Fox's 'Where is the green sheep?' would have been a lot shorter had she been in Ireland

Since arriving in this fair country, i have seen red sheep, blue sheep, yellow sheep and green sheep - how can this be you may ask? SHEEP GRAFFITI. People here tag sheep,  no walls for them, just sheep. Hilarious! 

Not too much has happened this week. Just working and stuff. You know stuff. 

One thing i have started doing, is walking in the morning, only for an hour or so but by the end of the day i am exhausted - it is a terrible, in both a tired aspect and reflection on my fitness i think. But its been good to get out in the morning before work.  And thankfully we had a few sunny days this week. 

I went to a 'gathering' last night of non-Irish people working in Ireland, mostly Canadians. It was lots of fun! Met lots of nice people. Before i went, I had to drag myself away the EUROVISION semi-final though which was upsetting- I love Eurovision. Spoiler alert: Ireland did not get through, quite sad. 

I have been listening to Triple J on the internet - It makes me seem less far away from home, its a nice feeling. 

All my love xx

Still writing this as much for my own amusement as anything..

Yay, i have just woken up and the sun is shining! Yesterday was a horrible day it was, cold, wet and windy, which meant that the idea of an umbrella was ruled out. People did still try and there were a few broken unbrellas in the bins around the city. The persistent unbrella users just stuck their brollies in front of themselves and hoped for the best. The wild weather meant that we weren't as busy as we have been at work so that so kind of nice. Work is going well. Got my first pay cheque yesterday - well when i say i got it I would have if I hadn't left it at work, I'm going to put it in my bag first thing today. t will be getting quite less pay than i will be in the coming weeks until my tax certificate saying that i have a job comes, before then i have to pay an emergency tax of 41%, gotta love the Irish government, I get it back when my tax certificate arrives, possibly in the next couple of weeks but who knows :) 

Otherwise everything is good. I could get swine flu - but i've seen the ads on tv so i am know fully educated - If you sneeze use a tissue and wash you hands - if only all of lifes problems were that easy. I'll let you know how that goes. 

Once i get dressed - unfortunately it has to be done I have to work today - i will go get the Galway Advertiser. It is the free paper that comes out on Thurday but is pretty much gone everywhere, by about 11 am. Its not exceptionally news worthy but it advises me on what is happening about town which is useful. The thing that i find quite funny is that when the paper reports that somebody has for example been arrested, their name is followed by their address, so if you really wanted to you could go throw rocks at their house. It is very strange.

Well i better get dressed and go find out where i should be throwing my rocks.

All my love xx 

Everything's alright, yes everything's fine.... actually its quite great

So I think that I have everthing I need for the time being. I great job, it has been great so far, a place to live, a few friends, although I'm still on the look out for more, spring weather (Ireland spring, but spring), and I am happy. 

I haven't just started to realise that it I am actually in Ireland. And it is good. Before know I thought that I could still pop home whenever I wanted (I can't).

I have a lot to be thakful for, and an AMAZING God to thank for it all :)

Before I got here I thought that it would be great to find a Monday to Friday job with good hours, so that I would have money coming in but still have the opportunity be able to explore this fine country. And I have found exactly that, yay! Thank you for your prayers if you were shooting a few my way. 

I am looking to go to Cork, which is down south, in a couple of weeks, one of the girls that i have met at the church i have been attending said that she might like to come so that should be good. I'll let you know how that goes. 

Also thought that I might try and get to London soon if only for the weekend as I can fly return for about 40 euro and its only an hour flight from Shannon Airport which is near me, so i will see how that goes. Lots to do, soooo much to explore. 

That is all for now, i need to go buy some food (currently surviving on jam and bread and left over stir fry) and get ready for work.

All my love xx

Quick side note: the bread at my work is amazing it looks like cake and it is oh so good, i have had it for lunch everyday this week, if i could send you all some i would. Bye xx    

AND... I have been here for a month and five days if you are interested :) 

Home and Away!

I have a job! It is a at a cafe, so that is good. Only part time but it will pay my reant and mean that i can eat! It is the job that i had the trial for on Monday! It is only Monday to Friday so i still have the weekends to explore and have adventures. 

The irish love Home and Away, my housemates love it. I have been joining them to watch it so that i am up with the gossip and so that i know what is going on, quite sad. It is even on twice a day once in the arvo then in the evening.  

I also had a day of temping yesterday in a kitchen and that went well :)

The sun is still shining, although it was forcast to rain today it has not yet but i'm thinking that it will this evening.

I made Anzac biscuits today for my housemates, I am being a great ambassador and teaching about Australia.

All my love xx