It’s been more good weather here in Dublin for the summer solstice today, despite forecasts for rain that have been postponed until later in the week. This morning an IT person from Jigsaw stopped by to pick up the unopened laptop and cell phone that had been delivered a couple of weeks ago. Still no word from University College Dublin yet. I ran a few errands in the afternoon to make...

It’s been a quiet Sunday. Since I’m caught up on my CMA exam studies and in a holding pattern with the job situation, I’ve been spending most of the day doing some initial work on migrating this blog to a new platform. When I first started The Ireland Dispatch, I chose the most easiest-to-use, off-the-shelf and free platform available, i.e., Blogger, which was originally...

Job update – still waiting on UCD I had hoped I might hear back from University College Dublin yesterday (Friday), but I’m still waiting to receive the formal offer from them… hopefully I will get it first thing next week. In the meantime, I spoke with the HR person at Jigsaw and rescinded my acceptance of the position with them. They had already been more than patient with me, and I...