Fun night with my IEP peeps

Tali invited me over for dinner at her flat with some folks from our program. It was apparently the first meal she has ever cooked for a dinner party! She did fine - the vegetarian pasta and chicken casserole and garlic bread were a big hit! Of the 8 of us there, we had 9 bottles of red wine - and with the chatty folks in our program, no shortage of conversation. Afka (and her friend from back home, Avalina) told me about a dream she had that I was in it! This is MORE common that one might think - it involved a new ‘space program’ and one of her old friends from Holland adoring me and kissing my stomach. Hmmm, I need a dream book.

Kevin is from Boston and described his plans to take the GRE in Dublin next month so he can transition into a PhD program in the states when were done here. Very driven man and I think he’ll go far. He’s also already done with his first essay, so I hate him. Surini didn’t talk as much, probably because she was being polite, but I do remember her talking about dwarf porn…
Catherine was on fire, telling us about her 2 week holiday coming up - her and her boyfriend are flying to the states: NY, Chicago, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Cleaveland and back to Dublin (where she lives) for a wedding and holiday. All that for €600!!! Damn…have fun and take pictures. She’s got good crack to share always and swears like a trucker… gotta love her.

James- chatty and hilarious! He just kept being force fed all the remaining food. I think all the girls secretly have a crush on local boy (well, he’s from Aberdeen) because he is cute and funny. The boy next door…

Tali was a great host who kept our wine glasses FULL! She was determined to get the whole lot of us drunk, and she succeeded. She recounted the boring administrative meeting that she has to attend as one of the ‘class reps’ and thought she might have been hit on by one of the professors, ew. We’ll see.

Fun night! I needed to catch the bus home to Dalkeith, but I had enough energy to go to the Coach for a couple with Tim - not that I needed any more drinks! It was a late Saturday morning for me.