Four Showers in One Day?!?

That's right, today I had four showers. Only one of which was voluntary. It rained. Poured, even. All day long. We got caught in one on the way to work, one on the way back from lunch, and the last on the way home from work. We were all wet, cold, and tired of rain. Boo. (I'm eating my words from the first week, when it was 70s and gorgeous...).

Work was easy enough today. Not too much to do, really, just the typical PCR and gel electrophoresis. After work, we relaxed a bit and then did laundry. This took FOREVER. For some reason, one washer and dryer were broken, and the rest were filled. We must've sat in the laundry room for three hours. Bad memories of the Lavilles freshman year.

After that, I met up with Shelby and Amanda to go to town for dinner and such. Shelby and I went to this excellent Chinese place and had a full course meal. It was really good, and the closest to "American Chinese" that we've gotten thus far. I can't wait to get back to Great Wall in Baton Rouge, though. After that, we met up with Amanda and other LSU kids at the Roisin Dubh, where they were listening to a concert. The opening act was interesting, but not our style, so we headed off to do our own thing and came back later to see Ted Leo and the Pharmacists (one of Amanda's favorites). They were actually really good. I was impressed. I'll have to check them out next time they come around Baton Rouge.

From there I took a cab back to Corrib Village and pretty much crashed. I have a lot of packing to do for tomorrow. Headed to Cork for the weekend, so that should be great fun. Hopefully we'll make it to Blarney Castle as well.

Oh, and another bit of Irish wordage for you. The word "craic" (pronounced like crack) is used to describe a good time - fun, music, dancing, drinks, etc. So, our time at the Roisin Dubh was great craic. Cheers!