Routines and Work Space

I've been having a difficult time getting into a routine here, and I think the biggest problem is that I have no designated "work space" like I did in the states. Hopefully that will change soon, as we are finally settled in with internet.
Of course I also haven't had to actually DO anything yet, so work space has not been at the top of my to-do list. That will change pretty soon as school is ramping up (my professors took last week, the third week of class, off to go to a conference in Hamburg) and I'm applying for some jobs. If I do get some work-at-home type jobs then I'll have to reconsider my work area.

I've thought at length about what my favorite work area would be, and luckily Meg and I both agree it would be more a library than a study. I would like it to have chairs for reading, and possibly a partner's desk so two people can work at once. Meg and I found a very nice antique partner's desk in Paducah before we left, but where we found one we can find another.

Flowers and Slow cookers

Meg and I spent the day planting bulbs at the Sunshine Childern's Home with the Dublin Central Rotary club. It was nice to get out of town, and when we were done we traveled to the end of the Luas green line to have a look around. I hope we can go back some weekend to hike around the hills.

When I lived out at the lake I became a big fan of slow cookers. I figured out how to make a pretty good mexican chicken and rice with some frozen chicken breast, rice, hot sauce and taco seasoning. Meg, on the other hand, can make some really good pot roast in one. This is why the first thing we got for our kitchen here was, yep, a slow cooker.

Apparently they are not as well known here as they are in the states, as none of the department stores carried them, and the first ones we saw were in a family-owned store. The Blacks ended up ordering one for us on Amazon.uk, and I think it is bigger than the ones we had stateside.

Waiting for a collapse?

The State of Ireland seems to be in a sharp decline, as this week they bought up another failing bank and upped the expected bill of the other financial entities they bought in the past year to over €50 BILLION. Of course this is an insane amount of money that the government does not have, and, since they are taking out so much in loans, the interest rates on those loans are getting higher and higher.
There is even speculation that they will have to go to the IMF to get some cash, and those loans come with strings attached.
Here in Ireland people are calling for the heads of Dáil members to be put on pikes around the city, as a warring for those who will fill their seats next.
Wednesday of this week a man driving a cement truck with the phrase "Toxic Bank Anglo" painted on the side ran up to the gates of the parliament. Many people that day called him a hero.