Hey.

I've been spending some time with the other social work majors from Brockport that came over to Ireland with me. We've pretty much explored the entire city center and are now venturing out further. Waterford Institute of Technology's (WIT) main campus is about a mile away but we live about a 4 minute walk away from a smaller campus where we will be based out of. Yesterday it rained all day. Today it has been sunny all day. I'm getting the feeling like it's all or none here with the weather. It will be difficult when I start my internship since the sun doesn't rise until maybe 8 or 9 (I don't know since I haven't been up that early yet) but it sets around 4 or 5pm. It doesn't help either when you wake up at 10am and it's still dark out due to the rain. All the shops close real early as well. We went out yesterday and shops were closing up around 5 and 6pm. We went out today to get outlet converters and to go to the main campus to the international office. We've really just been hanging out in town. Last night we made a real meal together; penne with sauce and chicken with bread and butter on the side. I've been making a lot of pbj sandwiches which is fine by me. I fear for when I run out of my peanutbutter though. Something tells me that it won't be nearly as good here as the pb back home. I may have people send me Jiff's extra crunchy peanutbutter. I'll send the address out when I figure out what it is. We're going shopping again tonight then probably going to the pubs. Wednesday night is the big night to go out here and everyone goes home on the weekends (which would be convenient since laundry is 10 euro per wash/dry). Walked past the Waterford Crystal factory today. That's about it. Things are calming down now that I've gotten here and am settled in. My placement starts on Monday so we'll see how that goes. Oh! I almost forgot to mention the abundance of candy shops here. I love every second of it. I bought an eclair-type danish today. It was ok. Next time through I'll get their actual eclair. Or their fudge cupcakes. Or their cake. Or...