Lots to do today

Up early-ish today to get some study done.  Want to do about two hours then want to go for along walk along the river Dodder which is close to my home.  Its lovely and sunny at the moment so need to take advantage of that :)

DD2 is away overnight at a friends house so the house is very quiet.  DD1 was on the telephone from OZ yesterday and feeling somewhat homesick.  Sent her some photos of the dog today to cheer her up, he looks hilarious with his hair all standing up on his face, he looks like a werewolf.

Have a good day all, relax and enjoy, as its Sunday - although I must be honest Sundays are usually the most busy day of the week for me with cleaning, tidying, washing, prepping Sunday roast and tidy up afterwards.
Usually by 10pm I'm ready for bed.  The Village is on at 9pm tonight on UTV so must watch that, have seen all the episodes so far the whole series.

heres the werewolf

Namaste
Marie.

Sunny Saturday

A lovely sunny start to Saturday.  Up at 9am and planned on doing 2+ hours revision for Islam & Cristianity - did about 1.5 hours which was OK I guess.  Did a few chores around the house then headed out to Mum's for lunch and a short walk around the block.  

Home at 5pm to watch Munster V Clermont in the semi of the Heineken Cup.  Unfortunately they lost 16-10 but Leinster beat Biarritz in the Amlin Cup so not so bad.

A relaxing evening ahead
Namaste
Marie

Friday night catch up

What a busy few days its been.  The last day of term today and now all thats left is the Exams.
Start 8th May and end 17th May.  So its revision all the way.  Just relaxing tonight with a few glasses of Aldi's best sauvignon blanc......... 5.29 a bottle.  Cannot go wrong with that kinda of pricing.  I paid 7.00 euro on wednesday night in my local italian pizza place.

My DD2 had a 'dinner party' for 9 of her classmates tonight.  Lasagne, garlic, bread, salad, sparkling water, orange squash, and sprite.  Then tea and chocolate cake, toffee pops, home made cheese cake and Aldi's best tray bake 4.99 (7.99 in Tesco and 10.99 in M&S)  can you guess ALDI is my new crush?

They all left by 10.30 (here since 8.00) and now just watching the Friday night Cowboy movie on TG3.
They are all 17 and 18 and its refreshing to see that they didnt need alcohol or boys to have a good nights entertainment, lots of laughing and girl talk.  The best kinda night.

Namaste
Marie.

After a short absence - I'm back

Fell by the wayside for no other reason other than I was busy at college.
Missed my birthday and all on the 9th.  Ah well its good to be back in blogger land
Hope everyone is well.  College has been full on due to trying to catch up on extended out
deadlines due to the wrist being out of action.  Happily I've caught up now and my last
assignment is due on Wednesday and is not extended - the due date is 24th so I'm fully up to date.
Happy days.  Now all I have to do is get cracking on my revision.  May 8-17 is examinations period.

Namaste !!

Marie.x

Sunny cold Sunday

Where do the weekends go?  Its Sunday already, weekend almost done and dusted.  Had a busy one though with visiting Kilmainham Jail yesterday to get a few last minute pieces of information for my Interpreting Archaeology module. Thank you Enda!! Then out to Bray on the bus to visit my Mum.
No car as OH taking DS2 to have her driving theory test, unfortunately there were tears as she failed - 34- out of 40 - pass required 35 - she was really upset, its rediculous, getting 85% in an exam and failing :(

Anyhoo today visited Rathfarnham Castle, once again to get some last minute information for yet another archaeology module - Arch of Medieval Castles - its such a magnificent castle  however I am more fond of the older 16th century part of the castle rather than the georgian part which was added in 1771 - nevertheless its a beautiful place - they really knew  how to spend their money the elite/wealthy in the 18/19th century :)

Still waiting to get together with the co ordinator for India so no news yet on that volunteering post - but I'll be going come hell or high water :)

Namaste
Marie.

Friday feeling

Feeling rather tired this am but had to get up and out and at'em!
Was meeting a good friend for an early cuppa and some others were also there so had
a great chat and it was lovely to have time to catch up.  Had a history seminar at 10 and also got an essay back which was a good result at a B.  History is an area I love but find difficult as an area of study as critical thinking and analysis is difficult for me.  I can express myself in written form quite well but in person I find it difficult to speak up and out in public (like many others I know).

Had an interesting email this morning from my daughters school regarding volunteering in India so I am going to follow up that one.  India is somewhere I've always wanted to visit and the opportunity to volunteer blends perfectly with what I am hoping to do when I graduate.

Thank you universe and angels :)

Namaste
Marie

Casting off

Horray finally got my cast off my arm today, glad to be done with it but poor old wrist looks very wizened and dry and still very much a funny shape :(  it will take time to get it back to its normal pre break state
Onwards and upwards, trying to learn to write again haha
Good old pc and being able to type and write with my left hand (illegibly)

Namaste
Marie

A quick late post

A later than usual post, the days are so busy lately time is short :)
The day started early but got lots done and finished in UCD about 2.pm
Home by 2/30 then had lunch and brought the dog out for a walk, boy was it cold out
despite being wrapped up, the wind chill was a killer.  However himself loved it and it was
good exercise for me.

Later on this evening met a college friend for a philosphy inaugural speech by none other than Noam Chomsky the eminent philisopher, linguist, writer and all round knowledgeable guy.
Very interesting discussion on whether or not capitalism will survive in todays economic climate.
It was an incredibly popular event and standing room only meant we had to stand for the entirety from 6pm to 9pm which was a little hard on the feet :(  However it was good to hear such an iconic speaker in person and for only E2 - ah the student life and the prices :)

Namaste
Marie

Monday

Darn another day and I've forgotton to post.
The holiday weekend has ended and its back to normal tomorrow
Had my mum here for a couple of days so it was nice to spend time with her
She has been very lonely since Dad passed away last June although myself and
my brother and sister are doing as much as we can to be there for her as much as possible
She does appreciate it and is always telling us so which is sad.  She is 82 years old and had
been with Dad since she was in her late teens - courting 5 years, married 59 years, in total 64 years together

The weather is still very cold even though its April now.  The evenings are longer now with the clocks going forward so hopefully it will give me the impetus to walk more in the evenings.
Once I get this cast off my arm i'll be able to cycle to college again -Yay
Spring has hopefully sprung.

Namaste
Marie