Blaaaaaaaaaaa

On my commute to work this morning marked the first time I ran into a local that I knew on the sidewalk. She and I work together but I was heading in early for a meeting.

My ride to camogie last night could only pick me up at 5:45 so I took that opportunity to join in on Gaelic football training. Lindsay dropped me off at Mount Sion GAA and I stayed for an hour or Gaelic and an hour of camogie. I got a hurl from the receptionist, Diedre, and played with that. It's a little uncomfortable swinging since I've been made used to swinging, say, a baseball bat. With the hurl your dominant hand is on the end of the hurl and you kinda swing it backwards. It's loads of fun though and I made a few points scrimmaging. I may just move to Boston or Chicago for the camogie clubs there. Or I suppose I could stay in Ireland since the clubs here are undoubtedly better.

I've started to look into my Iceland trip. It's going to be quite expensive but if I don't do it now when will I ever? I'm planning a couple day trips through the glaciers and to the Blue Lagoon on horseback. The horses in Iceland are all a pure Viking breed. They have some sort of trot that they do that only the Icelandic ponies are able to do. I'm very excited to try this out.

I ate my first blaa this morning with butter and sausage on it. It's quite good. Blaa is a Waterford slang name for a roll of bread.

I've started to look at what I want to do once I get back to the States. I broke down a list of places I'd like to work: Vancouver, California, Kenya (not all in the US), Iceland, Egypt, China, Australia (quite a possibility as I now have connections there), New Zealand, Fiji. Ambitious but at least it won't land me in Rochester or, god forbid, Cortland.

Planning a road trip through the US for this summer. I'd like to put in some time at Cobblestone Valley Farms since that's the best place I've ever worked but maybe before that I'll tour around a bit. A buddy of mine from here is coming to the States for 3 months and renting an RV to tour the States as well. I told him I'd show him around Ithaca since Homer has 0 fun spots. Same buddy, Paddy, got into a cheese fight with me last night. Again, Wednesday nights are a great night to go out in Waterford.

Next week is RAG week which is unofficially dedicated to drinking. I checked out the schedule of events and I may only attend the Rock Paper Scissors competition on Wednesday. I may join in. RAG week will probably make my training much more difficult to endure but it's all about the culture, right?

Oooh Mom, I'm doing fine and minding myself quite well. I'm responsible, remember? ;)