Saturday was bright and only slightly chilly. My SuperValu grocery delivery wasn’t scheduled until the afternoon, because the morning slots had been booked up. My friend CJ invited me out to breakfast at Murphy’s Bistro, a cafe along Bachelors Walk, the stretch of street along the north bank of the Liffey. It’s know for Turkish menemen (eggs with tomato, pepper and spices cooked in a...
It’s been a short work week due to the Monday bank holiday, but it has seemed much longer. My team had a number of grant financial reports to file with the European Commission before the end of October, and we’re still working on a few reports that have been granted extensions from previous months. Two temporary employees from staffing agencies ended their assignments today, leaving...
It doesn’t look like my post from Saturday, Playing Tourist, Broken Shower, was emailed out to the blog’s subscribers, so click on the link if you missed it. Yesterday (Monday), my friend Julius and I didn’t have any set plans for the last full day of his visit. We hadn’t managed to fix my electric power shower the previous day, so our first priority was to give it another...
The last few days, I’ve enjoyed playing tourist with my friend Julius who has been visiting me in Dublin. On Saturday, we had breakfast with my friend CJ then in the afternoon we toured the Guinness Storehouse for several hours. Today (Sunday), the start of our day was thrown off due to broken shower… the electric shower pump unit suddenly lost pressure when I was just finishing up my...
My longtime and close friend Julius is paying me a visit. We have known each other since we were 10 years old growing up in Midland, Texas and were classmates from fifth grade all the way through high school graduation. Although we have kept in touch consistently over the decades, our friendship entered a new phase when he relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area five years ago. He ended up moving...
The weekend went by quickly. I was still recovering from my case of pinkeye, so I stayed home and relaxed for almost the entire two days. On Saturday I caught up on personal finances and other home projects. My friend J came over on Sunday, we ordered in food and caught up with RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season 3. The weather has been mild, in upper 50s-lower 60s F, low 10s C. The days continue...
Work continues to be extremely busy and very stressful. The deadlines for financial reports due at the end of the month are looming over me, while I am bogged down on transactional work that I can’t delegate to anyone because staff positions on my team remain vacant. Scholarships must be approved in order for students to be paid, and budget reviews must be completed in order for new...
I’ve been good about getting out for walks after work so far this week. Following a relatively warm weekend, cooler air has returned, with highs in upper 50s F / low 10s C, but it’s been mostly dry. There have been more beautiful sunsets in the sky above Dublin. Grand Canal in the Portobello neighbourhood St. Patrick’s Cathedral Park Budget Day in Ireland The topic that has dominated...
I just realised it’s almost been a week since my last post. My job has continued to be very stressful, and honestly not much has happened other than working all day, relaxing for a bit in the evening, sleeping, then repeating the same cycle over again. This weekend I’ve had a chance to relax and unwind a bit. On Friday evening, my friends CJ, N., and I met up to see the new James Bond...
The fall weather is here to stay. It’s been chilly enough for me to turn on the electric radiators in the apartment for the first time since spring, and I’ve had to reset their clocks and daytime / nighttime programmes again. Meanwhile, my Eddie Bauer flannel shirts and warmer outerwear are back in my wardrobe rotation. On Monday afternoon, I had an appointment with a dermatologist — the same one...