So everyone in Ireland is anticipating the Budget. The Minister of Finance presents the budget for the upcoming year and it will be on TV this afternoon and with everything going on in the financial world people are curious to see what he has to say. It is interesting because I feel in the States we don't really have anything similar, like I had to look and see when the US budget is passed, apparently the President has to submit it to Congress by the first Monday in February, and then it has to be approved by both houses in Congress and then signed by the President, and goes into effect starting 1 October. The one thing I can think gets this type of attention in the States is the State of the Union, which is always interesting to hear what the President has to say. Anyway, enough financial talk.
Fun weekend :) Thursday I went with Brenda to see How to Loose Friends and Alienate People. It was funny and made me laugh. It was good to catch up with her, I miss our movie nights in the house, relaxing and watching whatever bad movies were on TV, and catching up on our day. Friday was a usual day at work, nothing too interesting. So Kara, Lorna and I decided to go out. I haven't been out in a while as I've been sick and busy finishing up the thesis and Kara was home for a few weeks. So Friday night was supposed to be a quieter evening, I had to work the Open Day on Saturday for prospective students.
But of course that was the opposite of what happened. So we started out at costigans, but it was a weird night there as the general age was quite older, as there was a Munster rugby match one (really good game, munster won 19-17 with like 2 minutes left) . So we decided to go to the Quad, so we get our drinks - this beer called Desperado, it is beer with tequila (quite good) and so we just got our beers and started people watching and talking. So then a girl comes over and goes do you girls want a pint of miller? So we go yea, why not. So she leaves and we laugh and go I hope it is a promotion, and we better not have to pay then Lorna then says I hope she doesn't put any KGB in our drinks.. Kara then asks, why would she be putting Russian men in our drinks? So we all laugh and she brought over the pints, and we decide to start drinking the Miller and save the good beer until later. So a super drunk guys comes by and we ignore him, he was trying to talk with us. So his friend - seriously the tallest guy I have ever seen in my life, comes over to appologise. So we were just like whatever, so they bloody sit down next to us.. we were like uuughhh. So we start downing the Miller, reminded me of the Bird, except I was drinking out of a pint glass, and not a pitcher. So then we drank the good beer quite fast and booked it out of there... that was bad idea #1. Especially since the last time i drank was 3 weeks ago when i went out with work friends (and that night I had 3 pints and was fine) so we wanted to go to the Brog. So walking there a group pf guys starts talking to us, and I don't exactly remember how this started, Lorna goes we are in a band, I'm Frankie, this is Kiki to Kara and Lulu to me. Our band was called KGB, so they were like where are you going, and we replied i'm not sure yet as trying to elude the second group of sketchy guys. So we decided to go to Old Oak... i haven't been there in 3 years! i wasn't a fan of it when i studied abroad. So nothing fun really happening there so we head to the Brog and i was getting tired so at like 1 i decided to head home. So it was a hilarious evening :) And a lot of fun!
Saturday morning, not so much fun. But the Open Day went well, I gave out lots of information about accom to prospective students, and then after it I ran into town to do my errands. I finally bought knitting needles and yarn, and have decided to start knitting again, so lets see how long this lasts.
Sunday went hiking :) We went to Gougane Barra, the source of the River Lee. It is usually a very pretty hike, but the weather wasn't really co-operative, so there were no views. It was wet and misty, and bogtacular, so the usual Ireland hiking weather. It was a fun day, despite being wet. I did manage to get a few good pictures of the lake and the monastry though :)
I love the reflections!
The monastry:)
1 comment:
the pictures are SO pretty <3
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