July 13th-Missing the FML

I love so much about Galway. I love the city, I love Shop Street, I love all the cafes and pubs, I love my homestay and my classes (I would say I love the donuts, but the word "love" cannot capture the intensity of my adoration. Will find a thesaurus and get back to you on that one). Basically, I love everything about this place... well, everything except An Leabharlann James Hardiman.
An Leabharlann James Hardiman is NUIG's library ("leabharlann" is Irish for library). Since I had no classes scheduled for today, I decided to camp out in the library to get my papers done. Seven hours later, I am seriously missing the FML (Falvey Memorial Library, my second dorm room at Villanova). Unlike Falvey, this leabharlann does not have a convenient coffee shop on the ground floor for those critical points when you just can't survive without a hot chocolate. The hot chocolate in the building next door is wonderful, but if you happen to enter at an inopportune time, the man at the desk will tell you that you can only bring water into the library. So all in all, an leabharlann is not very conducive to paper-writing marathons. Also, after a very frantic search, I have concluded that there is no women's bathroom on the first floor (though I did find one on the second floor).
All in all, I'm looking forward to reuniting with Falvey in a couple months. Though, I have to admit, LJH's website has a tab entitled "Are you bored?" which, if clicked upon, takes you to a page with newslinks and sudoku puzzles for all your procrastination needs.
Such a long day in the library could only end one way: a trip to the Spudhouse for garlic bread and a hearty potato dish before heading home to relax.