Last weekend it rained for almost three days. It was truly the definition of relentless rain. Even the Irish were complaining about, which means it's really serious rain. There is something surreal about going to sleep when it's raining and waking up and it's still raining with no sign of stopping. Like being in some rain vortex. It caused a lot of flooding especially because the tide was in in the Liffey. The river even pushed against the wall causing a huge crack to run down the side of the street and the road had to be closed for days. I am lucky that I live on the fourth floor of my building but others were not so lucky.
In other non weather related news I met my boyfriend's family last weekend in a oh so very posh restaurant in the K Club. Yes, even the name is posh. It's one of those "we're so posh we will just use a vague ambiguous letter for our name" clubs. Actually I think the K probably stands for Kildare but that is not the point. It looked like something out of Pride and Prejudice, especially with rain continuously coming down. The Irishman's family was lovely and very Irish, of course. Despite the intimidating setting I think meeting them went well, although I haven't been given any feedback...yet. I am getting ready to go spend the weekend with them in Mayo (eek!) and I have to go to mass. Wish me luck!
On Wednesday I went up to Lisburn for another workshop with the theatre company. It went very well except that we got very lost in Lisburn and everyone we asked directions from seemed to not be from Lisburn and were not very able to help. It was kind of like an existential crisis as we drove in circles. When I got back to Dublin I went to the community drama class I've been going to. They are performing their play next week after two years of working together! I'm very excited and glad that I was able to participate with them for one of those years.
Today I had to be a grown up and go get a flu shot all by myself in a foreign country. Ok, I've been here almost a year so it's not exactly foreign. And the doctor was very nice. But my mom wasn't here to buy me an ice cream sundae afterwards. Instead I bought myself a latte. Too grown up. Maybe I'll get some ice cream later. Or a pint. Either one seems like a well deserved reward.
Well that's all for now. Be back soon. Thanks for reading and have a happy Hallowe'en!
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