trains, planes, & automobiles

A 5ish hour flight from LAX to Newark, a layover, another 6ish hours to Limerick, an hour bus ride, and an hour waiting outside to check-in in weather where my breathe was as visible as the clouds in the sky... and 24 hours had almost passed by.

I didn't feel as tired as I should have, but I decided to take a nap around 11:30am Irish time since there was nothing planned except for a 6pm orientation meeting. Plenty of time, right? I crawled into bed with 3 pairs of socks ("tree" pairs), long johns + pjs, 2 shirts, a sweatshirt, and gloves and shivered until I fell asleep. Fast forward EIGHT HOURS and I wake up to my roommates coming back to realize I've missed the meeting. Oops. You know when you wake up late for class and have that immediate flooding of stress, anxiety, and worry all rush in at once? Exactly. Luckily, the resident director said it happens to someone every semester and I was still allowed to stay in the country and made it just in time to go out to dinner.

I have SO much to buy! I'm so excited to be here and can't wait for a great semester!

 The Shannon river and part of a castle, one of my first pictures. The sun didn't even rise until about 8:30am!

Euros & Emilys! 

PS: I'm still alive Mom & Dad.