As if the picture I posted earlier (courtesy of my housemate Annie) wasn’t enough to make my day, the rest of it was fantastic. Not that anything particularly exciting happened today, but rather because I enjoyed a very normal and VERY educational today. We went over the genitive case and the conditional tense, which are two of the most difficult things to grasp in their entirety.

After dinner, we caught the bus back into town and Annie and I, with the intention of studying, sat on the dock, had a drink, and talked for a couple of hours. Now, please, I ask you, appreciate that we had the intention of studying. We did not, however, get around to doing so. Funny it is that we spent three solid hours in the pub last night, studying the whole time. We are a strange breed.

We did go to the pub again tonight, only for a little while and only to spend time with everyone else who is able to go every night because they live so much closer to town than we do. We had a good time just talking.

As we were waiting for the Taxi to take us home, I sat down with an elderly local man and began speaking to him. All I had said was “Dia duit, cén chaoi a bhfuil tu?” (hello, how are you) and he straight away said that I have good Irish. We spoke a bit and I told him that I am from Canada. He was very surprised and impressed, as far as I could gather from his expressions. Before I left, I asked his name. He responded, “Danny Wallace.” I will never forget his name. I then told him that my name is Cassidy, and he was so incredibly astounded to learn that Cassidy is my first name! This is not the first time this has happened. Many people here find it fascinating that Cassidy is my first name, mainly because it is normally a surname, or even sometimes, I have heard, a male first name. As I walked to the cab, Danny shouted to me, “Feicfidh mé thú amáireach?” which means “I’ll see you tomorrow?” I responded, “B’feidir, ” meaning maybe, in great hope that I do get to speak with Danny Wallace again.

Dad – I got the package today, thank you! Everyone that I have given them to has liked them so far, especially Julie’s son. He loves maple syrup :)