Cruel Teasing

Teasing is just not nice. No, I'm not talking about a school yard bully. I'm talking about Crate and Barrel. They keep sending me e-mails (granted, I signed up for the list ages ago) with lovely things I would adore having in my place, but they're SO far away and shipping is SO expensive. I want a Crate and Barrel here! Or maybe an Ikea... They're having a hellish time getting planning permission (permission to actually build) in Dublin. Something about it creating too much traffic. Of course it would create traffic. It would be the only decent homestore in Ireland!

My typing today is totally off. I think it's got something to do with my fingers still thawing out from last night's match. It was SO cold last night. Windy and raining on top of it all made for some very purple, very stiff extremities. Brrrr!!! I got to play most of the match, even if the first half WAS for the other team. It was only a friendly (aka scrimmage) and the other team was short until players could make it there from work. It was a good experience and I had a brief warming up period during the first 10 minutes of the second half (my raincoat never felt so good) before Paul put me on at corner forward for our team. I don't think I did half bad and I feel like I learned more about where I should be in each position, so maybe the cold was worth it. Training again tonight. I'm hoping it stays a little warmer...

I'm still running back and forth between my normal job site and the one at the main office in Arklow. It's a bit of a pain but I'm trying to catch on so I can take over the schedule and progress reporting for the €90million+ job the company is doing down there. I could use the scheduling experience and I like a challenge so it should be good for me. It's just a lot of history and work in place to catch up on. It's nice being back in an office with loads of people again though. It gets kind of lonely up here in Rathdrum!

Alrighty - my time is limited up here today so I've got to get some work done. Hope your week is going by faster than mine! Just think - tomorrow is Friday and whether you're in Ireland or the good ol' US of A, it's ALWAYS a welcome day of the week! ;-)