aloha from the land of sleet

hi there. it is my day off, this day of our Lord, March 30th, 2010. It is alternating between sleet and rain outside with high winds and its pretty miserable. Apparently a snowstorm is smashing its way through Britain, but we're a bit too close to the water to get full-on snow here. Though we awoke this morning to snow atop the mountains outside, which was a special surprise for me, the dweller of mild climates. This weekend Lorna and Billy went to England for a family gathering and Mirjam and I had the house to ourselves (along with the boys and the animals). We held it down pretty well. Mirjam had command of the garden, and I looked after the restaurant. I had two couples in on Friday and Saturday and I served them all by myself, I was quite proud. Beyond that, Sam, Mirjam, Elly and myself had a slammin' dance party in the restaurant, and trucked to Dingle Saturday night and experienced how the youth of Ireland get tanked on the weekend. It's basically exactly the same as in America but they talk differently. The girls definitely dress in an equally slutty manner, and men, young and old, shamelessly hit on any woman in the vicinity. They're a bit more predictable and slighty less self-aware here, however.

Sunday morning I experienced my second Guinness hangover, the first being on St. Patrick's Day, and it was equally rough. I've elected to limit myself to one pint from now on.

Sadly, Mirjam left yesterday to return to school in Germany. I was a bit sad, especially with the onset of the crappy weather, and so on. Sam came over, however, and I introduced him to chatroulette. It was awesome. A new wwoofer came, also from Germany, her name is Franziska. We are getting along well. L & B got back last night just as it started snowing at the airport. Sam and Franziska and I hung around in the kitchen with some wine. His girlfriend Marketa comes from Prague this weekend and she'll be here until I leave. It will be fun to have some more young people in the mix.

I am now going to eat some polenta with red pepper & apricot salsa. Adios.