Fellow Americans in Dublin

Day 17 – April 28
Happy 29th Birthday Ami!! I spent the day doing laundry, reading a book from a local author and I got a massage. The massage was nothing to write home about…the masseuse was a very petite lady and I kept asking for more pressure because it felt like she was just rubbing lotion on my back. I definitely won’t go back to her!

Day 18 – April 29
My third week at church and this time, there was an American couple from North Carolina visiting and I went to say hi to them after service. They were really nice and invited me to lunch. They arrived in Ireland about 1 week before I did and they are here because he took a 2 year assignment with his job. They have been married for 5 weeks and have had a lot of transition. The girl’s name is Lauren. She moved all of her stuff into storage, quit her job, got married, went on a honeymoon and then straight to Ireland where she is living and can’t work yet because of paperwork and her husband is working 75-80 hours a week. Quite a transition! I had a nice lunch with them and really enjoyed talking to fellow American’s about their transition to Ireland! I hope to hang out with Lauren while her husband is working in the evening or on the weekend.

After lunch I basically spent the afternoon trying to fit all of my stuff into suitcases AGAIN! I really want to unpack the suitcases and not see them for at least a month. I went on a great walk on the pier in Dun Laoghaire. It is quite a long pier. I would guess at mile to mile and a ½. After that I actually watched Nascar on tv….not exactly my normal tv watching, but it was the first programming that I have seen from the states. Tomorrow I get the keys to my new apartment!!!