Day 16

I hate to say it, but yes, another day at work. Today was very good though! Sarah is working on the website from home, so I worked at my desk without major interruption almost the entire day. Right now I'm starting on the Facebook plan, which includes writing contact templates to begin conversations with different members of our Facebook groups thanking them and encouraging them to get involved. With over 60,000 fans, I have my work cut out for me.

I also began branding and formating Tumblr and Twitter for visual continuity with the rest of the CMRF look. I really love web design and the work I was doing with Shadow Rock's website and newsletter has really come in handy as I have a basis for knowledge. Tomorrow should be more of the same, just getting stuff set for the integration and education portion coming in a few weeks.

So the girls at work are great. Hannah, Pam, Michelle and Rachel really go out of their way to include me the best that they can. The Irish slagging can be hard for me to pick up on, it's kind of dark and harsh, but these girls are sensitive to my confusion and keep things simple and nice. Sadly, Pam just found out about a family tragedy and the whole bunch of girls is pretty upset. Her mother has surgery tomorrow and their family will be in everyones thoughts as the day progresses. I'm so very sorry for her and her family.

So I think I decided not to go on my 5 mile Dublin run and go to Oxegen instead! It's a huge and I mean MASSIVE international music festival going on the same weekend. I can't afford to go for more than one day, but I think it's going to be amazing! Lots of music, lots of people, lots of FUN! Now, I just need to save a bit this weekend so I can go.

I want a foot amputation please. No more of these pesky toes. It's making enjoying Dublin kind of difficult cause I limp around the city. Thankfully Compeeds are the best blister plasters (bandaids) of all time, so my blisters are finally healing and becoming callouses so I can wear shoes again soon!

Not a whole lot else going on. I'm really enjoying the time I've spent getting to know some of the Americans here, and I wasn't expecting that. Sometimes I feel really fed up with the US, the politics, the attitudes, the bad health, the disregard for the environment, the food.. but because we're all experiencing something so new and scary, our little group has gotten pretty close. I've had the chance to get to know each one on a different level and see how individual we all are yet so the same. Running with Carolyn, talking about music with Mckenna, talking with Kelsey, Helene and Kate, late night chats with Kaytlyn, laughing with Andrea.. I'm really fortunate to be surrounded with a great support group here. They're incredible.

I think yesterday was a big sad day, but I'm feeling good again. Going to bed early after I do some sleepy girl yoga. Good night!