July 20th-DONE

I am officially done with summer school! My exams went fairly well, though the only way I can really describe them is by saying that they're over. NUI really understands its students, because right after exams, there was an end-of-program reception in the college bar, complete with free drink vouchers. Unfortunately, the wonderful plates of sandwiches did not materialize for this reception, so we made a trip to Ward's for dinner and then headed back to the bar to take advantage of the free drinks. It was a nice way to end the term, especially since a bunch of the professors were there. Murph and his grandson made an appearance. Anyway, we weren't quite done celebrating, so Kelly and I headed into town for some more craic. We ended up at the Salthouse, where we met Ronan, Colm, and Astrid and made them play Timberrr with us. Ronan and Colm are both Irish, working in "a crappy desk job" (Colm) and civil engineering (Ronan). Astrid is actually an Italian electrical engineer who is taking classes in Galway. They were great fun and we played many harrowing games of "how can I make this block tower more structurally unsound?" I'm happy to say that the tower never toppled on my watch. It was pretty late by the time we left, but we had one more stop to make: Java's Bistro for after-midnight crepes. Good life choice.