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