After months and months, we finally got our damage deposits back from Hazelwood, our Dublin accommodation from last year. They apologized and even paid the interest accrued…

Noooooooooo! Hahahahh, got you, April Fools…

We still don’t have the damage deposits back and are working with the student union to get the money. They have been absolutely ridiculous, it’s not even funny. Adriana finally received some money, but they deducted 50 EUR for professional cleaning. Unbelievable!  We left the rooms cleaner than we found them when we moved in.

Little did I know that the Irish have a full blown turkey dinner for Easter!!! We laughed a lot, ate even more (if that is at all possible), and enjoyed being with our Irish family. Sleep-over as usual. It was gas.

Please note the calendar starring Audrey’s boyfriend Tom(asito). 

It’s confirmed: My dad and Karin are coming to visit me in Dublin on May 1st. This is going to be fun!

Something else is confirmed… the little mouse in my room lived here with his family. We already caught mouse number 4. Yikes. Yikes. Yikes. Yikes.

This week I’m writing the methodology chapter. My supervisor said it would be much easier than the literature review, and she was right. I wouldn’t actually say easy, but definitely not as difficult… I’ll work on it one more day and then I hope to pass it on to one of my academic sisters for reviewing. Then I can use next week to work on the literature review AGAIN and start organizing some of the data I already have.

And why am I so motivated? Because of my trip to Germany in April, then my dad and Karin’s are coming for a visit in the beginning of May, Jörg will be here for a weekend in the middle of May, and then I go hoooooome. Yeah.

By the way, we have caught 3 mice. I can’t believe it. The landlord is thinking of getting a cat. Or maybe Spring will solve our problem.

Nooooooooooooooooooo!

And I was worried about my selection of shoes for Dublin because I only brought hiking boots and winter boots. Glad my spring shoes aren’t weighing me down here in the arctic…

After a little surprise meeting under my blanket (yes, under my blanket!) I haven’t seen my new pet again. Needless to say, I slept downstairs on the sofa that night! Mouse:1 – Antje:0. Last night I was exhausted enough to fall asleep in my own bed and I woke up in one piece in the morning. Phew!

xoxox Antje

I was watching a movie where the guys had to move out of their house because of some huge poisonous spiders that got into their house by accident. And then, worst timing ever,  I discovered my new pet behind the heater: A tiny mouse. I’m sure it is going to attack when I go to sleep, so I’m probably going to be up all night.

IMEC 1, 2, & 3 in Dublin.

IMEC 1 already graduated last year. IMEC 2 is writing dissertations. IMEC 3 is in their first year of the program.

It would be too easy if nothing went wrong, right?

I survived and even had fun. I just checked and I have the audio file for sure, it’s on the laptop now and I can transcribe it this afternoon. Wowa, that was exciting! I think it took longer to set up than to have the meeting. TIme just flew by. One more meeting with the children tomorrow , then one with the teachers, and then Easter break 🙂

xoxo