The internet shut down for a good 5 days on me here and I had to use the office computer at work to check emails, etc. Here are the updates:

This Saturday I had planned on staying in all day to work on my paper due the 22nd. Since my internet wasn't working and I need the internet to distract me when working on papers, I decided not to do anything. My suitemates have all gone home for midterms so I had the kitchen to myself. I sat in front of the TV with my plate of rice and fell asleep watching the discovery channel. I went out on Saturday to a club in town and had my first taste(s) of a Baby Guinness which is a shot of whiskey and Bailey's layered. I didn't buy one drink all night since I'm a girl and can get away with that here. It was a fun night out and as I was leaving I met another hurling player from Kilkenny. Kilkenny produces a lot of great hurlers. Sunday was Valentine's day and I got two boquets of flowers. Jeanie Mac! (Irish phrase alert!) I was asked to accompany a coworker and his family for dinner on Sunday. Stefan's family is great. He also has a little jack russell terrier that he's asked me to watch this coming Friday. On Monday Stefan picked me up and we went to the center where we were taking the Pre-Employment boys to the mountains for the day. It was about a 40minute drive out to the mountains though we were still in Waterford county. Once there we started up the mountain on a trail. We hopped a fence which kept the sheep within the farmer's land. We walked through the sheep pasture the entire way. It was a steep hike but we took breaks often. Everyone but Stefan and myself smoke so they would take smoke breaks, which seems a little contradictive but whatever. We made it to a small pond 3/4 of the way up. It was here that I sank into a peat puddle. My feet were nearly completely engulfed with the peat when I stepped into it. It was a strange texture though. Easily the softest soil(?) I've ever touched. We walked the next 1/4 and got to the lake we were aiming for. The lake was decent sized - maybe half the size of Preble Pond. It was surrounded by three sides of steep mountain and one side easily accessible land. Once there we sat and ate our lunch. It was real windy there, it was similar to the wind tunnel between Bramley Perry and Briggs in Brockport. It was windy, cold, and it started to rain. The rain was cold but not cold enough to snow. (Though there was a tiny bit of snow on top of the mountain peak that I saw. Enough for 8 snowballs at most.) We went back down the mountain and sat for a while deciding what to do. We were all tired so we went back to the center for tea. I walked home after I checked my email on the computer. At 8pm I went to see Invictus with some buds. Some people in the theatre were wearing their rugby jerseys. Good movie. The next day I woke up late and made my way to the library around 1:30pm. The wireless internet didn't work so I went to the office for a few hours. Around 6pm I walked to Lidl to buy some milk for my pancakes. I got home and made pancakes for Pancake Tuesday. Delicious! I don't normally like pancakes but today was magical. At 8pm Pam picked me up and I went into work. We made pancakes. This was the group of older girls. I really like them. They like to talk about boys and they like to drink. It's one of their 18th birthdays on Friday and they told me to meet up with them. I don't have any work today or Thursday but I am starting a camogie league tonight. I'm going to buy my hurley today. I was also invited to a hurling match this Saturday. Kilkenny vs. Tipperary. My buddy has a Kilkenny jersey for me. I guess that paper is due soon, too.