Today I went to a different Farmer's Pharmacy--this one in Leopardstown Valley. The patient basis is different from the one in Dundrum in that it has a lot of kids and younger adults. Unfortunately it's a bit farther away so I got soaked in the blowing rain...and then the pharmacy was freezing because the door can't stay completely shut so the wind blows in...so that was an uncomfortable morning.Obama arrived this morning...with a bit of an amusing incident. They were trying to leave the US Embassy to make their way to Moneygall in an armored car dubbed "The Beast." They didn't get passed the driveway when they got stuck when they drove over a metal spike...they couldn't get it off so they actually had to switch cars haha.
I was allowed to leave early in the hopes to get to College Green (located in the City Centre near Trinity College) to see Obama. Unfortunately, by the time I got there (~3:45) the line was ridiculously long (thousands and thousands, literally). I got in it anyways....and waited forever. After 1.5 hours of moving less than 100 yards, I kept hearing people on phones saying that they had reached max capacity (20,000+). We still continued to wait in the hopes of a miracle...that didn't happen. Instead they brought a few "BigTVs" for people in the streets...but I decided to go watch it in a restaurant. Didn't get the see it live but it was still really interesting to see people so excited to see Obama. Irish people were going crazy--wearing American sports logos, flags, painted faces, wearing and waving flags, etc. After watching the recap on the news, I realized I had no hope of getting in since people started lining up at ~4am.
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