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Here are some examples illustrating the rule that in a phrase containing an article + noun, the first noun is understood to be a definite noun even though the definite article is not used.
geata an choláiste - the gate of the college
bun an bhóthair - the end of the road
barr an bhóthair - the top of the road
lár an lae - the middle of the day
lár na cathrach - the center of the city
tús na hoíche - the beginning of the night
lár na hoíche - the middle of the night
polasaí an Rialtais - government policy

Here are some examples in context:
Feicfidh mé thú i lár na cathrach. I'll see you in the city center.
Buailfidh mé leat ag bun an bhóthair. I'll meet you at the end of the road.

The plural of nouns in -í and -ú:
There are many nouns which end in aí and refer to occupation. In the plural they end in -aithe instead
ionadaí, ionadaithe - representative
rúnaí, rúnaithe - secretary
amhránaí, amhráithe - singer
gadaí, gadaithe - thief

Verbal nouns in ú end in (u)ithe
socrú, socruithe - arrangement
síniú, sínithe - signature
cruinniú, cruinnithe - meeting

Oh dear god we did a lot of traipsing around all over everywhere the other day. Friday... actually, I barely remember Friday. No, right, because there was work and then there was going and checking out the drum circle, and then we ran into the Dancing Fiddler and checked him out, and then there was home and dinner and I barely remember what happened after that. The boy went to work. I think that was the night we watched Willow and Anna slept through half of it. And then I rewound it so she could see Sorsha punch Madmartigan in the neck for being a doof. Saturday! Dear god. Saturday we got out of the house and picked up the car and got to downtown around noon for a lunch buffet at the downtown Indian place, then realized we'd eaten ourselves into a food coma and dragged ourselves up the hill (and in and out of a couple of stores) and back to the store to sit at the spinning wheel for a bit, and also sit at the desk and stare into space. After which we went to our salon appointment! Mmm chair massage. And now I have bubblegum pink toenails, and Anna has sexy red toenails, and our eyebrows are done and we're all prettified. And then we went back to the store to ponder our next move, which ended up being Jack of the Wood for dinner and way too tinny music (the musicians were fine but their sound equipment was half crap. or maybe overamplified for the venue) and good food and amazing blueberry cake. And then we went to see Pacific Rim. Which was exactly as advertised. There were robots, there were huge monster things, and there was awesome.

Lucky to be me, I spent the better part of Sunday spinning or resting, since I didn't have an orientation to go to. Did get some really hideous bubblegum candy and white looking yarn spun. It looks like candy. It seriously looks like peppermint candies or pixie sticks or something. We have plans for it, oh yes we do. I need to remember to set it before I leave this morning.

I think the current plan for the day is write something to the mailing list about taking two weeks off to hang with the bestie, and update everyone on what I'm working on now. After that, working on Gods and Monsters, Black Ice, and something else through the day. I'm not sure what that something else will be, but some other fiction thing. And of course, day job work. I have a rough idea of when I'll have an Anna and when I'll have an evening largely to myself since the boy will probably be asleep for a bit, so I can figure out what else I'm going to do then. Maybe Murderboarding (we've already taken a two-week hiatus there) or maybe writing. Who knows! Either way I seem to have been nagged into a vacation both from within and from without, and I can't say as I mind.

Also I've rediscovered my obsession with spinning. Which is to say I finally got the damn wheel set up and actually, keeping it downstairs in case of movie is not that bad of a plan. It works perfectly! So, yes. That's happening.