Week 6: Tests, Blackbird, and Blizzards?

It’s another one of those slow weeks, but these were the highlights.

March 5, 2019

Guess who’s getting better at boxing?

The sessions are getting better and I am able to push myself more than I did the first day. I definitely would not say easier because that’s just not true. I also learned what I already knew, I have poor coordination. But that is also getting better as I learn the maneuvers and the difference between a jab and a backhand. I’m not saying I’m Rocky or the next Creed, but I like to pretend.

March 7, 2019

It’s test day!

We have a test in Irish Folklore and honestly it’s always a little difficult to know what this professor wants. He has a great poker face and you can never truly get a read on him. Was the test bad? No. Was it good? Also no. But, it is done and over with.

You better believe that I went and treated myself to a lovely lunch at Pyke n Pomme.

I can finally cross this place of my study abroad bucket list.

After five tries, I was finally able to go to the Blackbird. Some of the other international students and I google famous pubs/ bars in L’Derry, and the Blackbird was high on the list. It also had live music which was a bonus!

The last few times we tried to go it was packed to the point that people were standing on top of each other, however tonight was our night. We only came earlier to beat the rush. The aesthetic was nice, a mix of traditional with contemporary features. The music was not terrible and they made fancy drinks. All in all I would call that a success.

March 10, 2019

I don’t know what Mother Nature was doing today because the weather has been all over the place. In the span of 30 minutes it went from being a little sunny to cloudy to rainy to a mini blizzard of sleet. The weather went through that cycle at least two more times.

There is a saying here about how after St. Patrick’s Day the weather is supposed to get better. I really how that saying is true.