Europe is experiencing an extreme heat wave this week. On Monday, a temperature of 33.1°C / 92 F was recorded in Dublin’s Phoenix Park, which makes it the hottest day in Ireland in more than more than 135 years. The highest temperature ever recorded in Ireland was 33.3 C at Kilkenny Castle on June 26th, 1887. Temperatures in London and Paris have topped 40 C / 104 F, so I am thankful for the...
Last Monday, I woke up feeling crappy with a headache and the start of a cough. I did a self-administered COVID antigen test that came back with a faint ”T” line, which was enough to indicate a positive result. At this point, I’m one of the few people I knew that hadn’t had COVID yet (at least to my knowledge), so I guess my number was finally up. There has been another wave of infections in the...
This will be an short post mostly to share some photos from Dublin Pride last weekend. Dublin Pride is the second biggest festival in Ireland after St. Patrick’s Day, and the last officially organised Pride weekend was two years ago in 2019 due to COVID. My friend S. arrived into Dublin by train early Friday evening, then we met up with my friend CJ and a friend of S’s to go to an...
It’s been a warm but somewhat grey June in Dublin. Today has been one of the warmer days, with highs in the low 70s F / low 20s C, and humid – but nothing like the heatwaves that continental Europe or the U.S. have been having recently. There is no denying summer is here, now that we’re past the solstice. The sun doesn’t set until around 10:00pm these days. A well-timed photo...
I’ve taken a break from blog posts the past couple of weeks. Work has continued to be busy, and I’ve been going into the office 1-2 times a week. My social life has been muted. I came down with cold symptoms last weekend and have done several antigen tests but haven’t tested positive for Covid. The symptoms have abated almost completely except for some light chest congestion. In the meantime...
I’ve been remiss in blog posts over the last couple of weeks, in large part due to having limited use of my right arm in addition to not having had much news to share. The weather has been becoming more and more summer-like, with highs in the mid 60s F / upper teens C. There have been a fair share of rainy days but also many beautiful blue-sky /partially cloudy bright days. And now with the...
After some downpours of rain during the week, the weekend has been blessed by some beautiful spring weather with highs in mid 60s F / upper teens C. It was a short week given that last Monday was the May bank holiday. It was good to be back working (still from home for now). Beautiful spring weather in Dublin On Thursday, I returned to Tallaght University Hospital for a follow up appointment two...
It’s the May bank holiday weekend in Ireland, which means I have Monday (today) off. The weather has been raining for the past few days, although today it’s just been overcast. Given the situation with my arm, I didn’t make any plans and have been just staying in Dublin. Last week was rather boring, as I was unable to return to work without my doctor’s permission. The people at work have been...
The lobby to Tallaght University Hospital I haven’t posted since surgery, and given that it is more difficult for me to take, I’ll keep this to a brief recap. Last Friday I arrived to Tallaght University Hospital around 7 AM and proceeded to outpatient registration as instructed. It was a small area on the second level of the hospital, with two registration of windows and about half a dozen...
On Thursday morning, I set out to Tallaght University Hospital for my consultation with the orthopaedic specialist. Tallaght is a suburb to the southwest of Dublin city centre at the end of the Luas light rail tram red line, which takes about 50 minutes from Jervis Station a short walk over the Millenium Bridge from Temple Bar. Once outside the old city centre, the tram follows the Grand Canal...