It’s Friday morning, which marks the beginning of my 2nd week in Dublin. I get up extra early in anticipation of the Vodafone internet/box delivery within the 9am-1pm window. I also have a grocery delivery 10:30am-12:30pm. As mentioned in my last post, I receive a couple of calls from SuperValu about substitutions around 8:30am and 9:00am. I’m ready to jump to answer the hallway intercom...

I’ve scheduled another SuperValu grocery delivery this morning, and before 9:00am I received two calls from them. At first I thought it might be Vodafone calling about the internet box that I’m anxiously awaiting… but alas still no word from them. The first caller was a male voice, and I honestly didn’t understand a word he said and asked him to repeat himself twice. I...

I’ve been in Dublin for a full week now, so only one more week to go with my self-quarantine! I’m looking forward to getting out of the apartment and exploring the city more. Today the weather is partly cloudy and sunny. I have the windows open to air out the place. Still no Internet in the apartment. The provider was supposed to show up yesterday, Wednesday, between 1:00 and 5:00pm...