Strep throat, Grilled Cupcakes, and Spiderman

Strep throat, Grilled Cupcakes, and Spiderman

Today I spent 3 hours at the clinic.........but they gave me drugs, YAY! I have strep, an ear infection, and an eye infection. Basically, I don't have the "luck of the Irish" at all.... I hope the leprechauns will eventually start to like me and I'll find my "pot of gold" here in Galway. OR...maybe my immune system will just get used to the rain and start working.

Some of you have requested pictures of my apartment so I tried attaching them to this post. Also, there are some pictures of the attempt made by Federica (my housemate) and I to make cupcakes for Tommaso's 24th birthday last night. I bought him the Spiderman balloons! Basically, we didn't know the oven had a "grill" setting...whoops! We ended up grilling the cupcakes instead of baking them. So, we made a last minute run to Dunnes (the best local grocery store) and picked up more mix. SIDE NOTE: For anyone planning on grocery shopping in Ireland Aldi is the cheapest place to go, but I would reccomend only using it for dry foods. Stick to Dunnes or Tesco for meats, produce and milk. ALSO, you must either bring your own bag or buy a bag at ALL locations (I learned this the hard way). My contribution to the cupcakes was homemade frosting....apparently in Italy frosting is not commonly used on desserts. The Italians (Federica and Tommaso) were a little afraid that my gooey frosting would ruin the cupcakes, but they had a change of heart after a little taste test. Tommaso ended up dipping his cupcakes in the bowl of frosting as he ate them. AND, the biggest leap of faith I got them to take was drinking a glass of cold milk with the chocolate cupcakes (it's also uncommon to drink milk with anything except coffee in Italy). I'm happy to say they weren't dissappointed. Even though "Americanizing" Fede and Tommaso has been fun I hope that they soon get over how awesome Subway, Macaroni and Cheese, and frosting are and cook me some authentic Italian food!

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