Make sure you read Brian's post below before mine!
Hey everyone! As Brian said, our first few days in Dublin were pretty busy, but still a lot of fun! Since Brian already discussed the "homeless" story, I figured I would start by telling you about our adventures so far looking for an apartment. Looking for an apartment in Dublin is pretty different than looking for one in the United States. Basically, if you're interested in an apartment you have to call and schedule a "viewing" or show up at a viewing that is scheduled for a bunch of people at once. So on Saturday Brian and I went to our first viewings of three apartments in the area. We put our name on a list at all three apartments and then talked to the contact person at each apartment for a few minutes trying to impress them with our good looks and American charm-hehe. It's crazy- you literally get a few minutes to try and convince someone that they should rent to you rather than the other people who are at the viewing. Apparently there are too many people in Dublin and too few apartments. Anyways, we did get a call back from one apartment, but decided that as much as we don't want to be living with the homeless at the Housing Advice Centre, we also didn't want to live in a shabby, smelly basement apartment- so we turned the apartment down. Hopefully we won't be kicking ourselves later. We're still waiting to hear back from the other apartments and we'll continue to look at apartments this week.
On a good note, I went on some interviews and got a job at an all boys school ages 7-12. The school is in a suburb outside of the city centre, but is an easy train ride away. I'll be a resource teacher for kids with learning disabilities. The principal (she's a funny character) is also going to let me do some counseling sessions with some of the boys. Should be fun! There's a weird system with hiring and I won't know for sure if I have the job until Friday, but hopefully everything will go through okay.
As for Brian, he went on an interview this past week and it looks like he has a good shot to get a finance job when we get back from backpacking. (If not, Brian can do the cooking and cleaning and hang out at the pubs all day while I am the sole breadwinner).
More to come soon!
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good luck finding a place. that's crazy what you have to go through.
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Ahhhh! I miss you guys so much! Congrats on the job stuff, both of you! I hope everything works out! Guess what?!?! I bought a car today! A Chevy HHR! It's Orange! No joke ... :) If you have time, go to the Chevy website and look it up. I am going to the post office next week to see about gettting the whole passport thing figured out. Bri, you said if i bring my AAA membership card i may be able to get a good price on pics right? well ummm anyway ... i guess i should have just emailed you guys about all this since it doesnt really have alot to do with your blog ... but oh fucking well!!! Love you both!!!! <3
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