I got an email this morning letting me know that the parcel I’d had sent to St. Albans in the UK (which arrived there on Monday) had made it to my nearest post office in Ireland. I collected it after work and paid €3.50 for the service – very happy! I now have this plinth heater (electric/central heating switchable) and it cost a lot less than it would have any other way. Barring minor details like my An Post ID not having made it onto the address label (despite having entered it when I ordered), things went very smoothly. The consequence of not having the ID on the parcel was that someone stuck a label on it threatening that things might not go so well in future if I didn’t buck my ideas up (in slightly less aggressive phrasing).
The featured photo attached to this post is of the box concerned. Note how I’ve carefully shot it to remove any visual cues to help you see how big a parcel can make it through. The answer is “quite big”.
I’m trying to motivate myself to blog more frequently again. Things are moving at a reasonable pace on the cottage renovation now – I spoke with the builder again today and apparently the wiring is done. I’ve got lots of photos still on my camera covering house renovation work but have been very pushed for time recently, which has resulted in their upload being put on the long finger. See, I’m like a native now.
As a not-in-any-way seamless link, I’ve added a new “glossary of terms” section to the blog to cover stuff I’ve heard in Ireland and what I think it means. Please let me know if I’ve got it all wrong.