I have an accent? Red hair is still cool here?

So I keep forgetting to mention this but I find it all amusing. Last week when I met one of my roommates, soon after I was first talking to her she goes "I love your accent!!" That is one thing I've never had anyone tell me before, but it's true I guess! For the first time I'm living somewhere where the way I speak is different than everyone else, and where in America the Irish have accents to us, here I have an accent to them. I love it. Today someone said "You sound like the movies!"

Here is also something that I definitely wasn't expecting: So the Irish are known for their red hair right? So I thought moving here I would just be a little more "normal" and not stand out so much for my hair. But let me tell you.... I've never had so many compliments on my hair! Seriously everywhere I go people (Irish people in fact) are telling me how much they love my hair. Whether it's one of my supervisors at work, a taxi driver, or a random person at the store... Everyday I get at least one compliment. I mean I don't mind it, but I didn't see that coming.

And yes, I have started work. Oh have I started. I never thought I needed sleep to function, but that was before I ever had 6am shifts at a hotel, standing and running around all day, walking home, wanting to be social with friends or roommates, getting 4 (or less... Don't tell my mother) hours of sleep, then starting at 6am again the next day. But I can still say that I love working in hotels. I love Dublin and the international and multicultural diversity it brings. I love meeting and chatting with guests, and I love helping them have such a great time while visiting. And that's why I keep getting up so early each day.