Not quite as planned...

I met Rach from the bus this morning as she finished work, and we planned to go to Mahon Point. It's a big shopping centre outside the main city that we've not been to before, we thought we'd do some exploring! We got the bus, and enjoyed the ride there, checking out the houses and 3 (yes, count 'em!) Virgin Mary statues on the way. But, then we noticed we hadn't actually stopped at a shopping centre at all, and were on our way back into town!

Turns out, the bus goes *near* the centre, not *to* it, and we had thoroughly missed the stop. Ooops! But we had a fun round trip and saw parts of Cork that we have thus far not visited, so it wasn't a total bust!


We got home and decided to make some lunch. We made a huge bowl of chopped salad that should see us through the rest of the weekend, and had a bowl each with a Quorn burger. We're not vegetarian (the fillet steaks in the fridge, waiting for dinner tonight are a testament to that!) But we've started eating more Quorn lately. It's very versatile, and we have the mince version, the chicken-style pieces, and various battered/breaded escalope version in the freezer. We even have a pack of fajita-seasoned pieces in the fridge, probably to top off a bowl of chopped salad for tomorrow lunch!


The landlord is due soon to look at the boiler. Five days without hot water, and soooo counting. I need a proper shower damnit, without squealing and avoiding the water! I truly hope he can get it running again, but I'm not holding out much hope. I fear it needs a ... boiler-dudes touch (plumber? gas fitter? who knows!)