3 months have gone by since I arrived in Dublin. Wow, if you looked outside right now you wouldn’t be able to tell at all. I guess there are some signs of Spring, but it sort of looks the same as it did in January…

I finished my last few interviews with my participants at the school. It was fabulous, and I just checked, they are all recorded. PHEW! I might do one more short interview later, but it will be a bonus. For now I’m feeling that I have as much data as I could possibly wrap my head around.

One of the things I like most is that the manager of the school invited me back for a visit so that I can share some of my findings. I’ll be going to one of their staff meetings in May. I have already reported back to the kids who are participating in this project. Since I told that I was writing a story about their school, and since it is unlikely they will ever read my thesis, I felt that I needed to actually write a story with them. So today I brought in a little poem that they wrote with me before Easter. Reading it to them was quite magical. The teachers were thrilled as well and want to put it in their newsletter. As I was leaving I saw that the manager had already hung it up in the office. Now that’s nice! Everyone has been so excited about this project, it has been so nice.

On the way home on the double decker bus I listened to the drunk guy singing Michael Jackson. I’m really in Dublin. Sometimes I can’t believe it.