Wednesday, 20th of April

Wow, busy day today. I got up at eight and had breakfast at nine. I forgot to ask at what time they expected me to work today, so I showed up at the reception desk at 9.30. I still had my bus pass to go around the city and I asked Cathal if I could use that today to visit the Guinness Storehouse. He agreed with that and said: "No worries, come back at twelve, one or two, never mind". The guys here are so unbelievable chill!

On my way back to the hostel I planned to do my groceries. I grabbed everything I wanted, but a great surprise awaited me at the cash register... I had 'insufficient funds' apparently. I million things raced through my mind: Is my bank account drained by criminals? What did I bought the last couple of days? Were did my money go? How much money have I left?

I decided that I would go back to the hostel and check my bank account. It turned out my bank account wasn't drained by criminals and I didn't bought anything crazy. My health insurance ate up a lot of money. Fortunately I've got another bank account, I transferred it and I finally bought my groceries! Wow, I feel grown up now;)

This afternoon I got a lot of information from Cathal about the system they use to check costumers in and out. It was a lot to take in, but I think that in a couple of weeks it will be peanuts. Cathal told me that I could start to work tomorrow. I'll have a shift from eleven till four. Sounds fair enough.

This evening I've cooked my first meal, and yes, it was a real MEAL! How does that sound: Marcella cooked her first meal. Wow, talking about growing up! I asked my loving boyfriend yesterday if he got an idea about what I should cook for myself and he suggested that I could try to make Chicken Tonight. Fair enough, I thought, and I bought the stuff I need for that today. Chicken, rice, sauce, salt and olive oil.

I can hear you think: I hope she made a huge howler while she was cooking. I'm sorry guys... I actually did a great job. I must admit that I asked my mother for help when I started to cook, but I DID it myself. Which counts for something, doesn't it? I'm sorry that I didn't make a picture of it to show to you how good it looked, but I promise to do that tomorrow or the day after;)

Well, after dinner I have to say that I didn't do a lot. I just made myself comfortable on a couch with my laptop. I'm addicted to the series: "How I met your mother". It's legendary! It's ten o'clock now, I'm hitting the sack!