Slower Week

Hello, everyone!

I apologize for the delay in posting. It's been pretty quiet around here lately! We went to Cork last weekend, and I don't have a whole lot to report on that trip. I was pretty home-bound - Cork is a city built entirely on hills, so it was not easy navigating on crutches! A lot of guys on the trip (and my roommate Katelin!) gave me piggy-back rides, so that helped. It was a low-key excursion, which was good, because I was tired from the eventful week previously. Cork is a great city, though, and I will definitely have to go back when I have two good ankles!

I took this picture for my Aunt Sheila:

This week was pretty easy. I had to write a paper and go to the doctor - sounds pretty ordinary, huh? I could be doing this in the States! Three of my roommates left for Scotland this weekend so it was just Katelin and me in the cottage. I caught up on "Grey's Anatomy" and "Weeds" - yes, I have found a way to watch TV over here.

On Friday, our director Chuck and I went into Galway to try and find me a wheelchair. Three hours later, we found the Wheelchair Association. For those of you who don't know, Ireland will never be known for their excellent directional signage. In fact, I have just come to expect that the places and roads I am looking for will not be labeled. It is always truly an adventure because they just keep us guessing! When we asked for directions to the wheelchair place, we were told "It's quite hard to find." That was it; they don't give directions over here either! We drove up and down this one street for a couple of hours, stopped at several places, and found up finding the Wheelchair Association housed in a building we had pulled up to three different times! It looked entirely abandoned and there was no signage. Once we went inside, the woman, Eileen, was nice as ever. They're always friendly - you just can't find 'em! Regardless of how frustrating it was, Chuck and I had a good time talking about everything from problems in university administration to how to ace O-Chem tests. It was a fun and eventful afternoon!

The wheelchair came in handy as I rode around Galway all afternoon today for church and shopping. Now, it is raining again like usual and we are having hamburgers for dinner.

I hope all is well with all of you!