Update

Well, the family has continued on in their European travels and I'm back on my own in Dublin. I thought I'd be a bit more sad about their departure but I think I'm actually used to my solitary existence and kinda missed it when we were on the road. We managed to get a lot of travelling in. From Carlingford to Down Patrick, Belfast to Letterkenny, Donegal and Galway and all those little castles, parks and monastaries in between, we did a fair bit of travelling. It was fun but exhausting and I slept a lot in the car. The van Dad rented was a piece of garbage as the gear shift didn't work properly so everytime we had to back up, Dad had to use both hands and a lot of effort to shift it into reverse. Kinda frustrating and ultimately a little scary, depending on the traffic.

It was great to see my parents and sister again but I think next time we should have a sun filled vacation, maybe Italy or Spain. The two weeks of rain we encountered was a little monotenous and depressing after a while.

I'm now waiting to start my new week long temping job on Monday. I'm quite nervous about starting a new place again as I really liked the routine I had with the last office. It takes a while to get comfortable, get to know people, develop my own comfort zone and I don't really see that happening with one week. I'm been applying for full-time jobs like crazy but it seems that no one is willing to give a Canadian girl a break. Suspiciously familiar to my experiences back home job searching. I'm starting to develop a complex here. One of my former coworkers actually sited the fact that it was unfair I couldn't find full-time work considering most countries around the world, especially Canada and the US, took in many Irish over the years and that we should get a break too. Yeah! That's right! Give me a break and let me stay!

Hopefully something positive will occur very soon. Please keep your fingers crossed for me!