Today was the best day yet. There was so much that happened and I felt better than the past two days. For some reason the past two days I have felt a strange weight on my shoulders, but after the adventures I had today, on my own, traveling through the city, that weight was lifted and I feel fine on my own in many ways.
I spent my morning helping Sara get to her placement interview. It was quite easy. While she was in her interview I sat in this adorable coffee shop below her office just reading my book, The Best of Me, by Nicholas Sparks. Already in love with it. I can't wait to continue to read it.
Later during the day, I had my interview with Gillian Reynolds. It was extremely casual. All we did was chat about what I will be doing, which is a lot of video editing. Mind you, I am not a T-Comm major but I am wide open to new experiences. The one thing I love about this placement so far is that all the castings will be in a different area around Dublin. That way, each day I work I will most likely be visiting a different side of town.
Gillian was great. She seems very laid back but will be depending on me. I hope I can learn fast so I can do the best work possible for her. Another thing she will want me to do is social media, which I have done for other businesses before. That will probably be the most comfortable thing during my internship.
The last thing we did today was go to a EUSA reception at the Merry Ploughboy Pub on the outskirts of Dublin. This place was fantastic. We were fed a three course meal and I enjoyed two more Irish beers. During our meal the Merry Ploughboys played Irish music and got the crowd involved. Along with the Ploughboys were some Irish dancers who were FANTASTIC! Reminded me of Riverdance, which I plan to see when they are here in Dublin. I can't wait to bring my family back to the Merry Ploughboy when they come to visit at the end of this adventure.
One thing I have come to in these past three days, that I want to start implementing in my life, is the way the Irish live. They are all about "being" part of things instead of "doing" things like us Americans. I want to spend my time here being part of the culture, absorbing everything possible that I can from this culture. I'd much rather take in the memory than be distracted by what I am doing. I can't wait to follow through with this for the rest of my time here and I sure hope that I can bring it back to the states, no matter what our culture is like. I want to learn to be more than do and live in the moment with the people around me.
Okay sorry for the sappy-ness. I LOVE IRELAND SO MUCH!
PS here is a photo from today with two of the members of the Ploughboys:
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