Very funny, Belfast.

I awoke this morning to…dun dun dun….
a blizzard outside my window. Naturally. For a moment I thought I was perhaps dreaming, or maybe my whole trip here was a dream and I was actually still at home.

Neither were true. Belfast did decide to play a dirty trick on us this morning and dump pounds of snow on the city-just in time for my morning walk to work. Sigh. I feel like I’ve been talking about weather a lot lately, but in all honesty this is the most pschytsophrenic precipitation I’ve ever seen.


Anyway, enough about that. My flatmates and I made “breakfast for dinner” last night, and it was truly brilliant. French toast, scrambled eggs, jo-jo potatoes, toast with jam, and coffee were on the menu. I also decided to home-ify our flat and purchased a tablecloth and candle, which I think everyone appreciated. We’ve been having a bit of an issue with dishes around these parts, so I took the initiative to tape our “Group Contract” over the sink and circle the bullet point that states “Respect the living space.” Passive aggressive? Maybe a little, but if I have to wash anyone else’s carcass-crusted pan I swear I’m going to vomit all over. And make someone else clean it up. Besides the dishes, our flat dynamics have been getting on well. We generally all sit down to eat together at mealtimes, and Brie made little signs for our bedrooms with our names on them. Pretty adorable. We’re like a little family.

I’m allowed to make my own work schedule, in general. Most of the work I’m doing is entirely independent, so I can arrange my schedule to my liking. We’re required to work at least 28 hours per week, so for the time being I’ve chosen T-TH from 9-5 and F from 9-1. I also have the option to go up to the other office in Ballycastle for a night or even a whole weekend to work, which could pretty much knock off my whole weeks worth of hours. I also have the opportunity to “shadow” the primary school worker, which would entail going into a school for a day and working with children primarily on the issue of religious diversity.

Alright I must depart. I’ll add some new picture later on.

-Karen