Theater and Bazaar

Once again, entering work, I was met with the frustration of a non-working Pulsed-Field Gel. I'm convinced at this point that it's either the bad machine (since I haven't been able to use the other one) or the conditions are messed up. I've checked and double checked every step...so something else has to be going on. Other than that, I spent the day working on my report, getting advice from Sandra, and starting my powerpoint. Sandra also set up the Integron PCR to see if it would work, so hopefully it does and I can get started!

After work, I went into town with Dani to try and get some stuff for the Races next week. It's Ladies Day on Thursday, so the girls are getting dressed up. I wanted to wear a tie, but also get a little farmer's hat to wear. We found one, despite the rain, and headed back toward Corrib Village. On the way, we decided to stop in at the theater to check availability. This week is the Galway Arts Festival, and neither of us had done anything related to it. Luckily, there were tickets remaining, so we bought them and headed home to change.

We failed to realize that when we bought the tickets we only had about an hour and a half to get back to the theater. So when we got back home and realized it, we were practically running out the door. Luckily, we made it just in time, and sat down to enjoy "Only in the Heartland". It was actually a really good play, strange, but good, set in rural Kansas after a rapture of sorts. The play was quite amusing, with some really good lines, and even had Robert Kennedy back from the dead. He was a sort of zombie, who kept getting shot but couldn't die. It was interesting.


After that, we met up with Josh and together we headed into town to meet the others. First, though, we stopped for dinner at Supermac's, cause we were all starving. We got bagel sandwiches and headed down to the Spanish Arch when we were done. We went to a bar called Bazaar, that was decorated pretty cool, and filled with little sofas and ottomans. It was a nice place, definitely have to go there again. We wandered up Quay Street after that, stopping in at the Quays (which was overcrowded) and hanging out outside. Some of the girls wanted to go to the club next door, but the rest of us just headed home. I ended up sitting at Eddie Rocket's (a diner strangely similar to the Johnny Rocket's in Six Flags) with Marit, Jason, and Amal as they got hamburgers. All of us took a cab back to Corrib Village to avoid the rain.


I packed up my stuff for Dublin and went to bed soon after that. I hope I don't forget anything. We're going to try and catch the 3PM train to Dublin, which will put us there at 6PM. Hope it all works out! Cheers!