For a great day try...

For a guaranteed great day, try the following:

1) Watch the Superbowl with your Irish dissertation advisor, who is a major Detroit Lions fan. Maybe drink some beer and eat a big bready sandwich.

or, the infinitely more entertaining option:

2) Bathe yourself, piece by piece, part by part, in the kitchen sink. Don't forget to boil a few kettles of water to warm the freezing cold to sort of lukewarm.

Yes-- it's 12:30 AM, and we have water. In the kitchen only. And only the cold works. Life in Ireland is a bag of friggin' tricks.