Listen, guys. I'm sorry for not posting for awhile.
Even Steph tried to nudge me and wanted to know what I was up to.
It's been a bit of a whirlwind. My mom visited the first week of March. And then Eric was here from the 11th to the 17th. St. Patty's Day wasn't anything too special. We all went to the parade in town that morning and just hung out for the rest of the day. And then on the 19th I went to Scotland until Monday. We hit up Edinburgh and Glasgow. I'll (hopefully) do another post in more detail about that adventure.
And now I've returned to face 7 essays that are all due within the next two weeks. Oh dear. But the good news is that once those essays are done, I'm completely done for the semester.
I'm also returning April 15th. I know it's early, but I'm running out of money. And everyone's traveling schedules were clashing so I was left without anyone to travel with. And traveling around Europe alone and completely broke doesn't sound like my idea of a good time.
I'm planning on squeezing in a quick trip to France before I leave. Lisa and I are flying to Paris on the 7th. And we're spending two nights there. Then on the 9th, we're hopping on a train to Lorient to spend two days with the lovely people of Queven. We'll be back on the 11th. Then I have to do some finishing touches to whichever essays aren't finished, turn them in, get my stuff together, and come home!
Time went by incredibly fast.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
i wonder if it's contrived to listen to flogging molly here.
My mom left early this morning/last night. It was really nice to have her around for a week. This trip has definitely made us closer. And I think she's completely entered that area where I am her child, but I'm also an independent adult. We just have a really great relationship now.
We went to Connemara on Thursday. It was AWESOME. It's a national park and it's basically just beautiful Irish countryside. Sheep and mountains and lakes and sheep and green and sheep. I need to load those pictures onto my computer and then I'll do a blog post with them. It was seriously so gorgeous.
We went to Connemara on Thursday. It was AWESOME. It's a national park and it's basically just beautiful Irish countryside. Sheep and mountains and lakes and sheep and green and sheep. I need to load those pictures onto my computer and then I'll do a blog post with them. It was seriously so gorgeous.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
whoa.
Sorry about the lack of recent updating!
It's been pretty crazy here.
Kelly's friend Sam is visiting. Sarah's friend Jess if visiting. And my mom is visiting. It's nuts!
My mom arrived Saturday morning. She was exhausted, but I wouldn't let her sleep. The best way to beat jet lag is to not sleep until around 9 or 10 PM in your current timezone. So I took her around the city. We grabbed lunch at the creperie. We went into a couple stores. Mostly just walked around and talked. I got her a Claddagh ring for her birthday, so we went in to see if it needed to be resized.
I took her to Finnegan's for some good traditional Irish food. And we split an entire bottle of wine. It was awesome.
On Sunday, we went to Salthill to see the coast. It's sort of like a boardwalk. They have all these shops and restaurants and casinos. And there's this long path that goes along the coast called The Prom. And then we went to the movies with Lisa and saw Slumdog Millionaire because both of them hadn't seen it yet.
Yesterday was an early exhausting day. I wanted my mom to see The Cliffs of Moher so I booked this tour with Galway Tour Company. It started at 10 AM and didn't get back until 6 PM. But she really seemed to enjoy it. There were a bunch of little stops along the way and she got to see the real Irish countryside.
Unfortunately, my alarm didn't go off today. And I'm missing class. But since I didn't finish my history paper last week, I'm going to try and get that totally finished today before I meet up with my mom. I have about 500 words left. I think I can do it.
It's been pretty crazy here.
Kelly's friend Sam is visiting. Sarah's friend Jess if visiting. And my mom is visiting. It's nuts!
My mom arrived Saturday morning. She was exhausted, but I wouldn't let her sleep. The best way to beat jet lag is to not sleep until around 9 or 10 PM in your current timezone. So I took her around the city. We grabbed lunch at the creperie. We went into a couple stores. Mostly just walked around and talked. I got her a Claddagh ring for her birthday, so we went in to see if it needed to be resized.
I took her to Finnegan's for some good traditional Irish food. And we split an entire bottle of wine. It was awesome.
On Sunday, we went to Salthill to see the coast. It's sort of like a boardwalk. They have all these shops and restaurants and casinos. And there's this long path that goes along the coast called The Prom. And then we went to the movies with Lisa and saw Slumdog Millionaire because both of them hadn't seen it yet.
Yesterday was an early exhausting day. I wanted my mom to see The Cliffs of Moher so I booked this tour with Galway Tour Company. It started at 10 AM and didn't get back until 6 PM. But she really seemed to enjoy it. There were a bunch of little stops along the way and she got to see the real Irish countryside.
Unfortunately, my alarm didn't go off today. And I'm missing class. But since I didn't finish my history paper last week, I'm going to try and get that totally finished today before I meet up with my mom. I have about 500 words left. I think I can do it.
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