Monday, April 29

 
Well Anzac Day was a bit of a drunken blur and swore that I would never drink again.

However after retiring to bed at 6pm Friday (!) I felt suffiently revived and ended up going on a pub crawl on Saturday night with Fintan and a few of his mates. These resolutions never last do they.

Made it back to my place on Sunday evening a happy camper but all was not well. My little swedish flatmate was down in the dumps. His girlfriend had half her nose bitten off by a dog in Boston. He was so sad looking. She is getting plastic surgery and I think that he will be leaving these shores very soon to offer words of comfort at her bedside. I think that I might cook him dinner tonight to keep his spirits up.

Andy was a bit depressed also. He had a date with a german girl who he fancies (she is 30 !! - I guess I have turned him on to older women). It was going very well he says until she found out her uncle died. I think that she is flying out for the funeral today.
posted by ros 3:21:00 PM

Wednesday, April 24

 
Day is beautiful again. Everything looks so much better in sunlight. The day is going quickly and have not done any work yet. How could life get any better.

Well I did buy a lottery ticket.
posted by ros 9:48:00 AM

Tuesday, April 23

 
The day has gone so well today.

It has transformed into a lovely hot (!) and sunny afternoon. My supervisor has gone home so have been skiving (even more than usual). Went and rang my best friend at lunch which was fab. Put a great Cd on the work computer so I can groove away whilst surfing.

Had a bit of a sit in the sun, watching the people go by. I wasn't even wearing a jumper.

Just wrote a little letter back home and might pop off to the post office before the work day is over.
posted by ros 3:39:00 PM

 
Yey another day closer to the weekend!

Am about to start doing some work, promise! I am feeling particularly happy today. It is a dull grey day that looks like it is going to rain any minute. But it is quite warm, people are saying it might get as high as 17 degrees today. It's 24 in Spain. I can't wait til summer.

Am going to transfer some more money into my British account today too! Am really starting to feel as though I am getting somewhere. And posting some photo's back home to the folks to put into the box for me to sort through when I get back. There must be so many now.

Feel quite organised just thinking about doing these things.
posted by ros 9:32:00 AM

Monday, April 22

 
Today is really dragging. I have spent much on the day on dodgy interactive hororscopes. My work pile is growing larger by the day but can't drag myself away from slackness at this stage.

The weekend was so good that I just don't feel like work - a common feeling I'm sure - one that I seem to experience with alarming regularity.
posted by ros 3:30:00 PM

 
Wow it has been a week since I posted.

What have I done since then. Not a lot. Went to the Modern Art Gallery in Dublin with Fintan on the weekend which was fun. Had a couple of good installations but really not a lot there. A pretty small collection. Also went to a few pubs which was fun. Didn't go to Galway just hung out in Dublin.

It is ANZAC day this week so might have to pop off to the Down Under Bar to have a VB. Have to get out of town for the long weekend I have decided, but don't think that I can drag myself out of town til then.
posted by ros 3:25:00 PM

Monday, April 15

 
Had a great weekend.

Andy gave me €200 to put towards my overdraft which was good. Also we are back on speaking terms again which makes life a little easier. Am going to try and drag him off to ring his mum I think tonight.

Had a good time with Fintan on the weekend. It is so odd going out with a man and not a boy. Also he is the only person I have ever gone out with who has a "proper" job and has not just been a bit of a layabout. Didn't end up going anywhere starting with W though. Just hung around his place and went to the local for a pint. Think that we are going out again Tuesday night with some of his friends which should be interesting. And going to Galway on the weekend.

He has somehow managed to get quite a few of my secrets out of me!
posted by ros 2:01:00 PM

Friday, April 12

 
Well it is finally Friday. This week just seemed to drag and drag.

I finally managed to transfer money into my account yesterday which makes me a happy little bunny. With any luck might even get money from the ex tonight to go towards it (unlikely however). Can start to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

I have another date with Fintan on Saturday which I am looking forward to. I think he is taking me to Wexford or Wickford or some such place. Don't know why, I don't think they are big towns and I believe I've already been (or at least to a number of places starting with W). Oh well I'm sure it will be interesting anyhow.
posted by ros 2:06:00 PM

Thursday, April 11

 
Today has been so very very boring.

I spent most of the day staring into space. My eyes are starting to glaze over. The worst thing about being bored is that you start thinking about things that you normally wouldn't waste the time of day on. Body parts become more interesting. Friends start complaining about the amount of forwards they are getting.

This isn't helping, I just can't snap myself out of it.
posted by ros 1:59:00 PM

Wednesday, April 10

 
It has been great weather here this week and as always my spirits soar when I see the sun. I think it is now spring! There are daffodils and tulips in the park, and elections going on at my work (Trinity) so I can hear the megaphones going.

This is really the best time of year in this hemisphere. The seasons are wonderful, don't get them so much back home. It is just that the winter gets a bit much after a while and everything gets so gray.
posted by ros 11:54:00 AM

Monday, April 8

 
Well another Monday, sigh!

Why is it that Mondays just feel like they could just last forever. It is a wonderful day outside and I feel like playing hookey. I have not done a single scrap of work yet today.

I had a good weekend though. My date went ok. I had a really good time. Maybe he is my type after all. Will have to wait and see I guess even if I am leaving the country in May. It could be good fun in the meantime.

Things are starting to get a bit tense with my ex though. It is hard to share a room with someone when you aren't going out and no longer like each other (haven't things changed since that other post). I can't forgive standing me up on my birthday, especially when I didn't have any other plans. And not paying me back the large sum of money he owes me is also another cause for disagreement. Especially since I can't leave Dublin til I pay it off. It pisses me off to see him go out everynight when I have to stay home so I can pay off his debt (but it is my fault for being so stupid in the first place I guess).

posted by ros 10:34:00 AM

Friday, April 5

 
I have a date!
It is with a guy I met on my birthday. He is not really my type but hey its a start. He is a Gardia (Irish Police Man)!!!!
posted by ros 11:24:00 AM

Wednesday, April 3

 
Cork was great, headed to the Blarney Castle after that kissed the stone did all the touristy things you know how it is.
There were no beds in Cork that night so headed off to Cashel to see "The Rock". There were no beds there either but managed to blag my way into sleeping in a refugee place. Heaps of Russians and one cute Canadian. I'm sure that you can imagine what happened.
Dublin is not nearly as exciting. But did go to a really good psychic the other day. Just what a girl needs after a breakup. It was very accurate and the best I have ever gone to. And thankfully positive (except about my overdraft and that was just that I had one)
It is my birthday today and I would be able to say safely that it has been the worst ever. My ex came home in the early morning wanting to shag (no way, the friends thing is going down the drain) which was not the best start to the day. Then one of his mates comes to doss for a week, great. Then was meant to go to dinner with him (as part of the friends thing) but he had gone to the pub with his work mates instead.
Maybe I will be going to England sooner rather than later.

posted by ros 7:34:00 PM