Saturday, April 7, 2007

Goal for tonight: Don't get The Plague

This afternoon, after getting back from the store, I poured myself a nice glass of water. I very briefly paused, and wondered whether it was safe to drink the tap water, then reminded myself--hey, eejit, you're in Ireland, not Guatamala: the water's fine. And proceeded to down half the glass.

Later, after dinner, I thought about my slight hesitation and checked with Conal about the tap water to be sure.

"Oh yeah, I should've probably mentioned that to you. It's not drinkable. It's got, like, The Plague or something".

Only then did it come back to me--a brief note I saw flash across the news ticker along the bottom of the screen of the tiny TV at Bill and Tania's, about a water contamination crisis in Galway. I remember thinking to myself at the time, that I better find out more about that.

I really think I better find out more about that.

So far, I'm fine. As long as I'm still feeling fine in the morning, I doubt I have much to worry about. That'd be all I need, though. Some E Coli poisining or whatever it is.

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