It was a lovely evening, met my friend at 7.30 and we strolled down O'Connell Street to the Irish Writers Centre and met up with many other women (and a few men) and had a complimentary glass of vino, and put our books on the table for the later KK (which was limited to those who had brought a book which was only fair). The event was a little late starting at 8.20 pm and it started with various 'soapboxers', whom who stood up and for 2-3 mins spoke about various topics which were dear to their hearts or annoyed them or whatever !! It was very interesting, however it was a pity that the audience were not able to join in and make comments on the topics discussed. Then there was a round table discussion on different feminist books and authors such as Lena Durham and Nora Ephron. It finished with a rush to the KK table to choose a book in exchange, I got a very good one on 10 buildings in Dublin which I will find very interesting as I live in Dublin. We finished off the evening with two hot chocolates in Bewleys of Grafton St.
The rest of this week has gone by in a blur of chores, visits to Mum and also bringing DD2 to Limerick on Saturday to University of Limerick open day. She has now decided that she wants to do Equine Science at UL which means she will have to have accommodation and stay on campus. This week myself and DS have been walking every day to lose some weight and get fitter. Sunday we walked into town and went on the Je Suis Charlie walk to show support for the French after the awful week they have had.
Today I was meant to be going to Madrid but decided over the weekend that I would not go for various reasons. So today I spent the day getting rid of food that was out of date, tins, flour etc and getting some space in my cluttered cupboards. Tomorrow I will continue clearing out and making space.
Now settling down to watch Jurassic Park 3 (for about the 100th time :)
Namaste
Marie.
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