i love this crazy, tragic, sometimes almost magic, awful beautiful life.
things have been INSANE lately
well, basically i put off my essays till last week and theyre kicking my butt.
due tomorrow; two 4,000 word essays
one for african american literature, the other for the writings of mary shelley.
both not so great at the moment.
they need a LOT of polishing
when did i decide this whole being an english major thing was a good idea?
ive never spent so much time in the library in my life...put together.
but i'll be grand tomorrow once theyre turned in
anyhow, rewind to last friday.
UCD BALL.
it was complete and utter madness.
i loved every second of it :)
a bunch of us met at maeve's at 12.30 for cocktails. we made sex on the beach, strawberry passionfruit daiquiris, appletinis, an attempt at pina coladas, and some random drink with all the rest of the ingredients put together. oh and some kopparberg cider. it was AMAZING.
we got to UCD around 4 or so
by then it was sprinkling, but luckily we didnt get full fledged rain till a bit later.
and OMG was it amazing!!!
s club were there...you know, the once-was s club 7
they were faaaaantaaastic!!!
and some other bands id never heard of but were pretty dec' all the same.
by about 11pm it was absolute downpour so we headed to paddy's house to chill for a bit
all in all, it was amazing
wish we had it more often! weekly would be stellar! haha
saturday is a combined birthday party for 3 of my lacrosse friends and i.
cuz ya know
im abouts to be old!
9 days to be exact. lol
WOW time flies.
21 is ollllllddddd.
or maybe i just have an issue with getting older. haha
but anyhow. party on saturday so ima go getta new outfit, maybe even a dress (shocking, i know) on wednesday so i look somewhat decent for my party!
other than that and exams starting up next week, there isnt a whole lot new here
well, i have an exam on my actual birthday so thats pretty frustrating, but hey thats life. atleast its not the day after, thatd be worse! atleast i can go out nd enjoy my birthday :)
THEN oly spamoly comes over to ireland on the 16th
scotland on the 19th
then england
then france
then back to london for the night
THEN HOME.
im excited but sooooooo sad to be leaving ireland.
it always seemed like id have so much time here but now that im leaving it doesnt seem long enough
i cant wait to come back and live here for a bit
who knows
maybe forever
i love ireland
so this summer
moving back up to belligham
well, i'll be with the fam for about a week and a half/2 weeks when i first get back
but then its bellingham
taking summer classes
hopefully finding work at the YMCA or up in bellis fair mall
bellingham in the summer is going to be amazing. i cant wait.
and i REALLY cant wait to drive again. i miss that like WHOA.
sunglasses on, windows down, music WAY up.
yep. its gonna be great.
:)
well i think thats just about all the update i have in my life right now.
pretty exciting overall id say
exciting as in the little things like being nearly done with junior year!!!
but afterall, in life its the little things that count :)
well, until next time
peace out gangstas.
xx
Monday, April 27, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
monthly
well i guess this is turning into a sort of monthy thing, blog writing.
amsterdam was pretty good. we only had one match but it was a good one. the whole trip was pretty fantastic, though i didn't take a whole lot of pictures. we got to go to anne frank's house which was probably my favorite part of the whole thing. i loved the city itself. people bicycled everywhere and there was so many gorgeous buildings and bridges! it was wonderful :)
the next thing of note was dublinfest, which was just last week. it was CRAAAAZY. crazy fun! the excitement began monday night with team night out. we all wore our dublinfest 2009 t shirts. tuesday we found out that the dublin girls couldnt field a whole team so ucd girls helped them out. so instead of playing 4 games that day, we played 7. it was madness. that night out we had caveman/cavewoman night out. i made a dress out of a sheet so that was...interesting. lol. next day ucd were scheduled for 2 games and dublin had 3. i played for only one of the dublin games b/c i was so wrecked from the previous day. ucd did really well and made it to the semifinals which would be held the next day. dublin did as well, but had to forfeit b/c ucd weren't allowed to play for them in the semifinals so they couldnt field a team. wednesday night was masked ball night and instead of wearing masks, a bunch of us drew them on with cheap makeup from penneys. it was pretty fun. thursday was an exciting day. unfortunately, we lost at the semifinals against the york a team, who went onto the finals later that day. the ucd men's team won their trophy and the girls came in 3rd. not bad!!! all in all it was a pretty fun week and definitely one to remember!
this weekend was Easter weekend. the o'keefe family had me over for dinner which was AMAZING. i was so so grateful for them to have had me over. they have been amazing during my time here in ireland. really taken me in :) saturday was definitely an american day as i had some people over for dyeing Easter eggs. i made them kraft mac n cheese as well since they'd never experienced it before. lol. we did it again on monday, yesterday, since kate and rachel missed it. this time i made a cake that mom sent me in a package from home as well. kate and rach weren't to impressed with the mac n cheese though!!! haha.
aside from being sick, things have been great here. i feel like im always getting sick over here, which is really annoying since i just want to enjoy my last bit of time i have left over here! tomorrow marks a month until oly comes to visit and im so excited but its so sad as well. as much as im ready to be home and cant wait to be back in bellingham, im going to miss ireland so so so much. its like; i know im going home in just over a month, but i dont know when i'll be able to time wise as well as financially be able to come back to ireland. its heartbreaking, really. ireland has become such a part of me and i just love it so much. im going to miss the people here way more than i could ever explain. some of the girls are probably going to visit me in washington in august, which will be amazing. i cant wait to show them bellingham and little tiny silverdale as well!!!
also
im about to be 21.
CRAZINESS.
i dont think we're doing anything super exciting for it; i always get embarrassed if people make a scene about my birthday and all that jazz. haha. but its going to be nice to come home and be able to order a drink when i go out to dinner :)
OH! and in other exciting news; IM GETTING A WELCOME HOME BBQ!!! im excited :) the madre just told me the other day and i cant wait! i love bbq's :) and i cant wait to go home and hug my dogs. thats one of the biggest things i miss about america; having my pets. its absolutely brutal not having them here! lol
well that about sums life up as of now. i feel like that was a really short post for having over a month's worth of catching up to do, but thats life. plus its going on 11 and since im so sick im definitely ready for bed!
i love you all and cant wait to see you!!!
love from ireland :)
xx
amsterdam was pretty good. we only had one match but it was a good one. the whole trip was pretty fantastic, though i didn't take a whole lot of pictures. we got to go to anne frank's house which was probably my favorite part of the whole thing. i loved the city itself. people bicycled everywhere and there was so many gorgeous buildings and bridges! it was wonderful :)
the next thing of note was dublinfest, which was just last week. it was CRAAAAZY. crazy fun! the excitement began monday night with team night out. we all wore our dublinfest 2009 t shirts. tuesday we found out that the dublin girls couldnt field a whole team so ucd girls helped them out. so instead of playing 4 games that day, we played 7. it was madness. that night out we had caveman/cavewoman night out. i made a dress out of a sheet so that was...interesting. lol. next day ucd were scheduled for 2 games and dublin had 3. i played for only one of the dublin games b/c i was so wrecked from the previous day. ucd did really well and made it to the semifinals which would be held the next day. dublin did as well, but had to forfeit b/c ucd weren't allowed to play for them in the semifinals so they couldnt field a team. wednesday night was masked ball night and instead of wearing masks, a bunch of us drew them on with cheap makeup from penneys. it was pretty fun. thursday was an exciting day. unfortunately, we lost at the semifinals against the york a team, who went onto the finals later that day. the ucd men's team won their trophy and the girls came in 3rd. not bad!!! all in all it was a pretty fun week and definitely one to remember!
this weekend was Easter weekend. the o'keefe family had me over for dinner which was AMAZING. i was so so grateful for them to have had me over. they have been amazing during my time here in ireland. really taken me in :) saturday was definitely an american day as i had some people over for dyeing Easter eggs. i made them kraft mac n cheese as well since they'd never experienced it before. lol. we did it again on monday, yesterday, since kate and rachel missed it. this time i made a cake that mom sent me in a package from home as well. kate and rach weren't to impressed with the mac n cheese though!!! haha.
aside from being sick, things have been great here. i feel like im always getting sick over here, which is really annoying since i just want to enjoy my last bit of time i have left over here! tomorrow marks a month until oly comes to visit and im so excited but its so sad as well. as much as im ready to be home and cant wait to be back in bellingham, im going to miss ireland so so so much. its like; i know im going home in just over a month, but i dont know when i'll be able to time wise as well as financially be able to come back to ireland. its heartbreaking, really. ireland has become such a part of me and i just love it so much. im going to miss the people here way more than i could ever explain. some of the girls are probably going to visit me in washington in august, which will be amazing. i cant wait to show them bellingham and little tiny silverdale as well!!!
also
im about to be 21.
CRAZINESS.
i dont think we're doing anything super exciting for it; i always get embarrassed if people make a scene about my birthday and all that jazz. haha. but its going to be nice to come home and be able to order a drink when i go out to dinner :)
OH! and in other exciting news; IM GETTING A WELCOME HOME BBQ!!! im excited :) the madre just told me the other day and i cant wait! i love bbq's :) and i cant wait to go home and hug my dogs. thats one of the biggest things i miss about america; having my pets. its absolutely brutal not having them here! lol
well that about sums life up as of now. i feel like that was a really short post for having over a month's worth of catching up to do, but thats life. plus its going on 11 and since im so sick im definitely ready for bed!
i love you all and cant wait to see you!!!
love from ireland :)
xx
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