Paint and an office!

I think I have gotten all the quirks worked out with blogger, so hopefully this will post without a problem.Thanks for all the feedback on how it was working out. As for the emailing feature, it might be best to bookmark it and check occassionally, I haven't yet figured out how to make sure it emails.

I am sitting the youth office at Fortwilliam and Macrory Presbyterian Church on my first day at work. I met this morning with Lesley, the minister here, and we went over my schedule and all that I will be involved in during this year. The week will be full, but not overwhelming. I have Friday and Saturday off each week, minus a youth club on Saturday nights. It should make for fun adventures around Ireland! I am ready for real work, as I am sitting wasting time here. Both Lesley and Joyce (the office manager) have left and I am waiting for the men working on the building to be done, since I have the only key to the key box which they need access to. They told me I could leave and they could work something out, but I felt bad, plus, the internet here is faster and I know my roomies are still at their placements. So a good time to post on the past few days.

I talked to mom and dad with Skype on Sunday night, it worked pretty well, although I think they were getting a bit of an echo. It is nice to be able to call them for free, even though it is only 2p a minute to call on the phone (about 3.5 cents). Needless to say, send me your phone numbers, and I will be able to call. Appalachian Football and UNC started the season with a rough start, Apps loss somewhat expected and UNC sadly to Rutgers... Just keep waiting for Basketball season : )

We started painting our living room last night. We are doing it pale orange and yellow. The orange is looking a little rust like though, and we are thinking it might not look as good as we planned. I suppose it is better than white and dingy. The walls are all covered with a textured wall paper which made painting it difficult. We hadn't realizse how daunting of a task it would be. And we got our cable up yesterday! Now we can watch shows like Sex and the City, Desperate Housewives, and maybe even Greys! We have been told by all Irish people that American TV is the way to go, and based on the Irish TV we have seen, we tend to agree!

I got my first letter today! It is so exciting to open the first front door to find mail waiting on the floor! So thank you Emma Jones for the letter, I guess she has an advantage being on this side of the world in Tanzania...I have yet to brave the post office, but am aquiring a stack of letters to be mailed soon!

I hope all is well!