okay so super quick recap

parents came, we went to Bohola, decided we didn't like it, spent the next night in Clifden, explored a really neat abandoned friary (Ross Errily) then they dropped me back off in Ballyv and went off by themselves and ended up fishing in Cong and stuff like that. I got to experience Xhavid's last night at the hotel which turned out to be one of his last nights in town. and by night, i mean I fell asleep on the couch and we only all left at half 6 in the morning. quality time with the lads out on the lash. some more fingers ended up getting cut, megan had to go to the hospital, and another window was jeopardized. Ailsa and Chris drove me to the hotel the night before I left. the entire flying experience was extremely stressful. I did get 2 bottles of Cork gin and a stuffed donkey in Duty Free, however, and that was a plus. Actually the real thing is that the next time I go anywhere I'm bringing one bag plus cameras and that's it. I'll buy everything else once I get there, it isn't worth the hassle.

Back to Newark. Rainy and disgusting.
Larry picked us up and we went to Grandma & Grandpa's, picked up my parents car and drove home to Blairstown. We listened to Aimee Mann and Elefant on the way. Didn't really do anything that night, went to sleep early.
Tuesday I got my new license and we dropped off my film at the camera store in PA. That night I went to visit Mazur after work and saw his mom and Madison and Nadia. We stayed up talking till 7 am my time (2 am EST) and I slept on the couch, with the smaller of my two donkeys haha.
Wednesday Mazur and I went out for breakfast, went to a strange Native American store with scary painted mannequins, and then I drove home and mum and I did more running around.
Thursday we went to the elementary school and I gave Karen the book I had gotten for the library from Eddie. I actually forget what else we did, but I don't think we did much. Oh, we went to eat and the beehive (2nd hand shop) and I got some new dresses.
Friday we picked up my film and ate breakfast and talked about living in Europe post-graduation and then I drove down to Maryland. Jess helped me unpack my overflowing car and I stayed up late starting to clean/unpack.
Saturday I spent mostly cleaning. Jess and I went to Deadalus (really cool discount book warehouse) and Record & Tape Traders. Then went home to make a sandwich for dinner so we didn't have to spend any money, and then to Target for a (minimally expensive) but extensive shopping trip. (Laundry basket, new sheets, bowls, plates, and the like). Stayed up late cleaning/reading. We went into the Padonia Station Liquor store since I still hadn't gotten to get anything from one in the states and felt like I should have that experience. It was a huge letdown. Very boring. And they had no Carlsberg or Smithwicks or anything I could find akin to Bulmers, and not even cans of Heineken, so I got bottles of Heineken. At least there was that. But still. :/

I finished reading "Round Ireland With a Fridge", which I had gotten in Borders while waiting for Mazur to get off of work.

Sunday we went to the Towson Town festival which was basically like any street in Dublin/Galway etc where its all pedestrian, except this was a festival so there was a lot of really terrible and overpriced food and tons of people who stopped directly in front of you causing logjams. Annoying. But the weather was warm and I wore a dress and we meandered along without any rush. We ran into Asian Ryan, Chris & Nick, said hi, and then went to go meet up with Kristin. We didn't really feel like going to the overcrowded "beer garden" (or what called itself one) so we went to PVCs and sat in a booth and talked while K10 had some Coronas and I stick to Heineken. Jess asked if being in there made me feel more at home since it was a bar and it was green (ha ha). Not really. Too many annoying frat boys, and they didn't even offer proper pints, only small plastic cups, so I stuck to bottles. But anyway, that was the first time I had my ID checked to go into a bar (in the States, anyway. I'd done it in Dublin). Some random black dude came up to me and was like "Ohh you're drinkin Heineken? Nice!" and gave me his fist to pound. Why it was so amazing to him, I'm not really sure, but there you go. I was wearing my black boots I'd gotten in Galway and a random biker lady told me she liked them. There you go again.

After that we went home and I cleaned some more, until very very late, listening to the Arctic Monkeys.
Then I started to read a book I got in Deadalus called "Jesus Weed" which is a rather humourous travelogue by some crazy New Zealander. Strange. Very, very strange. But a good read, especially for 4 USD.

I currently have enough money to go over to IRE so now I just have to wait for my summer classes to be over.
And with working over there, I won't have to ask for ANY money from my parents.

I'm meeting with my advisor and hoping to see Tom Baird as well on Wednesday.

Today I've just been cleaning some more, and then wrote this, and then I will go back to cleaning.
Last night I rearranged my ENTIRE room so it looks pretty much nothing like it used to. It is much more pleasant this way, and aesthetically pleasing.

After the rigorous room cleaning is ended, I will be moving on to the kitchen/living room for just a tidy up and then I'm going to start organizing all my digital photos.

I'm still waiting to hear back from Chris as to whether he received the mail I posted to him, before I attempt to send anything else.

I decided I'm just going to keep this blog as a running thing. So there you go.