Procrastination...Even Abroad

Work is still routine, but fun. I feel like I'm learning a lot. I'm also feeling a sense of accomplishment, since I'll probably finish my PCRs this week. YAY! I'm sure they'll find something else for me to do, even with Pulsed-Field this week. I streaked out isolates to start with that tomorrow, since Sandra was out today. Should be grand.

Also happening tomorrow is our Journal Club, before which Sarah, Dani, and I have to summarize and present an article. The bad thing was, we didn't start until tonight, really. Sarah worked on a bit of hers in the lab today, so Dani and I finished it tonight. We finally just had to sit down and do it before we got sick of it. It was rough, but we got it done.

It was also an interesting learning experience, seeing the difference between Irish and American education. They don't take a computer class past like the age of 12. Most of the kids have never been educated on how to use Power Point or Excel...and that's really odd for me. We're so bent on computer education in the States that I cannot fathom not knowing how to do it. They even think we type fast! Most of the kids here just peck. It's really odd, I tell you.

Dave and Niamh randomly stopped by shortly afterwards to invite us all out to the College Bar, since one of Dave's friends was in town. We all decided to go in for a drink, since it wasn't that far off. To our dismay, though, we found it to be closed. So we just kept walking, all the way to town, and chose the Front Door as our spot. It was a quiet night, so most of the bar wasn't opened, but we found a booth and sat around having a good laugh. It was great craic. I really do like that bar.

After that, a few of us walked back while the rest went to get food. We ended up missing the turn and came upon the locked gates of Corrib Village. We spent a good while trying to break in before giving up and climbing over a wall to get around. It was highly amusing, but it was also slightly annoying. I wish they didn't lock ALL the gates (except the front one...which is WAY out of the way) at 11PM. Sigh. Just another reason to appreciate ECA, I suppose. Well, now I'm exhausted, so time for sleep. Adios!