First day of "work"

Today was my first official day of work. We had our lovely culture class this morning and, if nothing else, it was entertaining. I'm only required to go to one more class tomorrow and then I can be done...which really clears up my week. There are about 18 of us foreigners starting together. I met two very nice girls today, Bridget and Jenny, a Kiwi and an Aussie respectively. We are the only three non-Indian people in the group. I've never felt like such a minority. Jenny has a friend that she is living with but Bridget is staying in the Nurse's Home also so we've been toughing out the constant smell of curry together (everyone knows how much I love that smell...total sarcasm). It appears as though the only place for free wi-fi may be a nearby McDonald's or a few pubs in the area. We are going to scope it out this week. I may have to pick up a serious drinking habit for the sake of re-connecting with the world...or eat McDonald's a lot (c'mon, what's the lesser of two evils). I set up my bank account today and should get my card, etc. in the mail in a week or so. Then I think I can sign up for Irish Broadband. I can't wait to use my own computer so I can post some pictures. The hospital gave us a 300 euro cash advance which is nice since changing dollars to euros is such a rip off! Now that I don't have to go to that class Wed, Thurs, or Fri I'll have lots more free time and will hopefully be able to figure some more things out and do some more exploring. I've pretty much been coming to O'Connell/Grafton Streets to shop, e-mail, etc. and it's not far from the hospital, but I would like to see what Crumlin has to offer. I have my eye out for potential flats to live in also. Overall things have been going well. I think it's most helpful that I've met some people. Still sort of feels like vacation. I'm not real sure when I actually start working on the unit...I think that's when it will feel real.