I know, I am slacking.

Seriously, more will come... Anyway, these edits were lousy. It's hard working on the ole mini. Peace.

I smashed a tomato

I didn't realize it had been so long since my last update, so I guess I'll do one. I think a lot of things have happened since I wrote on here last but I can't remember when or what order they went in. Nothing too big, but there are a lot of little things. I'll start with the most recent.

People that we live with have been complaining that there is not enough room in the refrigerators here. With good reason I suppose because there are 10 of us living out of two small refrigerators the size of one that maybe you'd win at prom and keep in your dorm room in college. Todd and I have been getting by alright though. I think we unofficially claimed a shelf in one of the fridges, so we have been able to make due. Except Todd bought a pizza and didn't have anywhere to put the leftovers because there was no room on the shelf. So the landlord finally gave in and brought in a third fridge that is somehow a little bit smaller than the other two so that everyone here would be satisfied. That's fine, except by doing so she took the last available plug in the dining room that Todd and I have semi taken over. That also wouldn't be a problem except that when they built these houses however many centuries ago, they must have used some sort of lead to fill the walls because the wireless only reaches one room over from the router. Since the dining room is the one room over from the router, it has become Todd and I's internet sanctuary. But now since I have no plug, I have to bring my computer all the way into the living room where people are constantly watching BET and giant racks of drying clothes fill the empty space. So today when I was moving my computer into this room and moving the couch out from the wall so I could plug it in, I happened to step on someone's cherry tomato that had somehow rolled under the couch. I was wearing only socks on my feet. That smashed tomato is what prompted this update.

Besides all of that, I worked 4 days the last couple of weeks. I can't even remember that much about any of the days, but it was Todd's first few working days, so it was fun. We walk with a swagger when we are on the way back to the kitchen to pick up more plates. It helps keep things alive when everyone else that works with us is really boring.

I fed a bunny a carrot the other day. He sits in a big cage in the front yard and every time I go outside I do what this guy does and yell "bunny!" at him to see if he will scream at me. But he never does.

I work Monday through Thursday this week. Back on the grind.

A few more pictures

Sorry, I haven't posted in awhile. I haven't taken any pictures in awhile, but I plan on dishing them out soon. Here are a few more of Bray and the Guinness Factory.

The bike lane is for bikes

I'm still getting used to this new place we are living, but much faster than the last place we lived before. I feel like these people are actually living here as opposed to the Brazilian guy in our last place who's extent of the English language was giving a thumbs-up to me when I walked into the kitchen. There are only 3 other people living at this place. A Nigerian guy who I thought was Jamaican, and his wife who is from some other country that sounds similar to Russia. They seem an improbable match, but this is Europe and I don't know what the crap is going on over here. There is one other lady named Tes or Tao or Tipi or something like that. I'm not sure where she's from but she is short and seems really happy all the time.

Todd and I have been cooking dinner every night lately. It's pretty good, because the entire time I have been here I have been eating very strange meals for dinner, so now I have something to get excited for every night. We bought a grill at Argos and had some trouble putting it together but we eventually got it. The first night we had grilled chicken with some rice. I ate pretty hard that night. The next night we had lone star chili, then burgers the next night, and tonight we had orange glazed chicken and rice. The meals are pretty good but they would obviously be much better if my mom was cooking them.

Either yesterday or the day before I was riding my bike back from the grocery store. Over here on most of the streets they have a bike lane on the outside of the outside lane. It is about 3 feet wide and cars aren't supposed to drive in it. Lots of times they drive in it anyway or they leave there cars parked there which I guess is fine. So I was riding the other day in the bike lane going pretty fast and I was passing a line of cars that were stopped at a light. When I was about 3 feet away from one of the cars, the door opened and I had enough time to say, "come on lady" before I smashed into the inside of her door. She seemed really shocked that she had just opened the door into a speeding cyclist that was riding in the bike lane. I looked at her and asked her if the door was ok and after getting a wave from her husband, I rode off. She was apparently getting out of the car to put a letter in the mailbox. I didn't get hurt, but I thought it was pretty funny that before even knowing it was a lady that was opening the door, I was already blaming one.

That's pretty much the story up until now. I got my shifts for next week today, there are only two again. I wish I would have at least 3 days a week so I could stop living check to check. Hopefully in the next month things will pick up and I will be able to rock and roll. Todd is working with me next week, so that will be awesome. I work tomorrow so hopefully I'll have some good stuff to write after that.