It’s been rainy off and on over the past few days, and I’ve been staying at home a lot. The HR manager from Jigsaw calls promptly this morning, and they agree to extend the job offer for an extra day while I wait to hear back from UCD. I also ask about private health insurance — Jigsaw does have a carrier, but employees have to pay the premiums without any employer subsidy; apparently there...

It’s been a rainy week, and I’ve largely stayed indoors. After enjoying a few days of respite from my accounting studies, I’ve started back up with lessons for the 2nd CMA exam that’s less than 2 months away. On Wednesday and Thursday, I attended Ireland’s annual nonprofit summit (conducted virtually over Zoom) hosted by The Wheel, an association focused on strengthening the nonprofit sector...

Now that I’m actually living in Europe, I feel obliged to watch the Eurovision semifinals that are being broadcast tonight. For those of you who don’t know, the Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union which features participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits...