Reasons to Celebrate

Well, it's official......Marco and I have officially passed our 1 month-iversary!!!! :) I have to say, with everything that has happened, it actually feels more like a year, but in a good way. Things are still going well here and we are learning new things every day. This week I also finally got my PPS number, which is like the Social Security Number in the US. I needed that to be able to start applying for work. So, needless to say, this week I have really started sending out my resume. Let's see what happens. I also started a Spanish class on Monday night. There is a neat little language institute in the city center, sort of like the one I went to in Pasadena. They mostly teach English to foreigners, but also offer other languages. There are 4 other people in the class.....3 Irish and 1 Polish guy. Everyone is extremely nice and it is really great to be back in the learning environment. It has really inspired me and my "professor" at home has even started helping me practice a bit more. This week seems to be passing very quickly for some reason. We had an electrician come Monday to discover that our heater was broken.....I was actually glad to know that it wasn't our lack of ability to use the darn thing! Anyway, we have heat now and that makes life at home a bit more comfortable. This weekend we are planning to do a day trip again...this time to Connemara, which is supposed to be a really beautiful part of western Ireland. Monday is a "bank holiday" here, so we'll have a nice, long weekend together. When I asked a local Irish guy what a bank holiday was, he said it's just that everyone gets a day off work when the banks close. Not sure I really understand that or if he knew what he was talking about, but we'll take it!