I haven’t posted in a few days… I’ve been intentionally focusing on my CMA study program since I only have three weeks before my first exam. As a result, I’ve stayed in and haven’t had much to write about… I assume no one really wants to here about absorption costing, variable manufacturing overhead, or the weighted average value method for valuing work-in-process inventories. In other career-related updates, the recruiter from Deloitte emailed back today letting me know I hadn’t made the “short list” of candidates for the consulting / data visualisation job. I guess she changed her mind about having a call?!
The weather has warmed up. I head out for a walk in the afternoon, walking westward along the Liffey. I end up back at the Croppies Acre park with the “floozy in the jacuzzi” fountain (as my friend CJ calls it). I’ve been listening to the David McWilliams podcast now and then; he’s a well-known economist and author here in Ireland. One of the recent episodes covers the Biden administration’s push for a minimum global corporate tax rate, which would have some serious implications for Ireland that has attracted many corporations to the island for its relatively low tax rate of 12.5%.
Things are finally starting to look up with the COVID situation in Ireland. The 7-day average of new cases is at its lowest of the year. Over 17% of the population has had at least one vaccine dose, and this week registrations are open to anyone 65 and over. The Health Services Executive (i.e., Department of Health) has what appears to be an easy-to-use online system for making vaccine appointments. Thankfully, I already have my PPS number, so whenever registrations open up for my age group, it should be relatively easy to schedule my vaccine. There is at least one vaccination centre in each county, and four in Dublin. At this point, I’m guessing it probably won’t be until June, but vaccine supplies are supposed to be accelerating so maybe earlier?
Until next time….
