continuing where I left off...

where was I? ah, yes, the big sigh of relief that I had gotten into my history seminar. which I went to this morning, and when professor o chroinin (I'll probably never master irish spelling) called on me to answer a question, I was able to do so, though I was really just repeating what he said last week, but that's ok. later he was describing what happened to clerics when the king who backed them died (generally of unnatural causes), and he said that the cleric was in 'deep doo doo.' he was curious how someone would say that in america, and after thinking about it I (as the only american in the class) said 'fubar.' when that had been figured out I went on to point out the closely related, though not quite as accurate (in this case), term 'snafu.' I enjoyed the class, even if there were some people who got stuck on the idea of families garnering influence from their saintly relatives/ancestors. the conversation about that went on far longer than it really should have.
after seminar I went down to a coffee shop in the building next to the IT building, where I was able to just sit and eat a scone until the next class, with the same professor, though this time in a leture hall. while I was waiting to go in, brigid, one of the two other people from sc walked by. we talked for a little bit, then she introduced her friend katrin from wales. she and I sat together during class, exchanging glances whenever the crazy old woman said something completely idiotic or laughed far too loud.
I guess I should talk about this weekend, since I mentioned that I had plans last post. I went to the cliffs of moher on sunday my roommate tara, where we were witnesses to the aftermath of hurricane frances. the winds were incredible, and when it rained it was absolutely horizontal, and felt like bullets on the face. it was a long bus ride, and we didn't have much time there, but really, in that weather, you don't need much time. hopefully the pictures I took there came out ok. if they did, I'll post them, assuming they ever get the internet for our apartment. we were supposed to have it by monday, so I asked one of the fionas about it when I went for laundry tokens (one of the less exciting things I've had to do so far) and she said that the system was down, but if it wasn't up by wednesday to come back and see her. so the wait for that continues.
I'm going to go now, and enjoy the sunshine while it lasts, aka five minutes.