I had lots of visitors over the holidays, which was heartening. Arad was here, of course. Fiona (from summer camps) hopped over for four days, during which time the three of us trekked out to Galway. And just after Arad left, Erin (my friend who studied abroad with me here) came to visit for a week.
Academically, I turned in another paper--this one on intersexuality and how it affects our understanding of sex and gender. I've also met with my thesis advisor and begun the process of starting to work on a lit review. At least theoretically I've started.
Having spent my holidays sick (thanks to Arad, who was actually worse off than me),
I've since been getting back into shape. Lots of running at the gym, lots of rowing, jump-roping, squats, abs. It's been good; I feel much better than I did at the beginning of January. I also competed in the Senior I competition, and the finals for it are on Sunday. I had fitness testing for my sports scholarship, so now that's done and over with, thankfully.Most excitingly, however, I got a job!!! I was rather desperate for one, and it's nigh impossible to find anything in this economic climate. I'll be working with children in a playzone, minding them and setting up birthday parties. Nothing challenging, but still fun! I really wanted to do something with kids, so I'm pretty happy about this.
Also, it snowed in Cork several times this week. That is VERY unusual. It is also VERY cold. Hence the picture of me, cold.
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Jess!
Good to hear about you! Congrats on the job. And hooray that so many visitors came to visit you! I'm glad to hear that you're doing well. Have a fabulous February and try not to freeze :P
You insane person! You don't wear t-shirts in the snow!! Congrats on the job- we both got jobs within two weeks of each other. Hope all is well. Do you know when you're coming back yet our is it still under debate?
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