Bought my boots!

Today I got up at 7, that's the earliest so far here!
I went to school early in order to get one of the International Students' Society's 11 euro tickets for the upcoming (next Friday) trip to Conemarra. turns out the SocBox didn't even open until 10. But I worked on my Irish while waiting, I can now remember the simple greetings, can't tell you if my pronunciation is right but, "Dia duit" is May God be upon you, aka Hello. And "Is mise Jillian" is I am Jillian. Too bad Irish doesn't sound like it reads... I can't even begin to explain how that first one sounds... The second one is sort of like "ees meesha..."

So I was late to my Social Stratification and Inequalities class, but you're given a 10-15 minute period in which it's definitely ok for you to be late within so all was good. We actually had a lecture in this first class. A small seminar, I think it will be interesting, especially once I get over the fact that my professor has the most horrible comb over ever... Cheap shot I know, I like the guy ok though so it wasn't meant to be malicious.

Then I had Irish. I like that class a lot. Dathi, pronounced da-hee, is our professor and is very energetic and just good at teaching Irish. We get some of the grammar but it's mostly about talking, which is what languages are for- I'm waiting for language teachers in the US to realize that...
After class I stayed around at the library until Mandy was done with hers so that we could go get our mountaineering gear together. We wound up getting the same boots, cheapest ones at 75 but we got 10% off so wohoo! We then proceeded to get me a rain jacket, her waterproof pants, we split a package of socks and we both got pretty kick ass (aka huge) beanies. Now I only need gloves, I wish I'd though to have those shipped, oh well!

Then return home and not much else done. I attempted homework, ate a ton of pb (it's terribly addictive, and what's this I hear of a salmonella breakout in the PB at home?!). I did a wee bit of hw and then got online- found out that one of my scholarships is in limbo b/c it needs to be signed for... -, lost track of time. I did figure out the buses and times for the Blarney Stone adventure on Saturday and am now ready for the hike on Sunday to The Burren so all was not lost!