Well, hello Internet world. I haven't sat down and typed out anything in so long so we have heaps to catch up on. January brought many new things for me this year. I've never asked for so much in my resolutions and gotten so much in return.
January 1st brought me the 'official' title of fiancé from the love of my life, keeping January interesting. Every day after that was spent packing and unpacking, shopping, crossing things off lists and making new lists so I wouldn't forget anything while getting ready for my BIG move to Ireland.
Now as I sit typing on my laptop in my flat, I find myself actually living--successfully, mind you--in Ireland for a week already. Arriving in in Dublin proved to be less challenging than I had feared but arriving at my apartment was less than satisfying.
The place I moved into had not been cleaned by anyone before I'd moved in so I was welcomed with molded onions, bread, croissants, tangerines and liquefied potatoes, a moldy bathroom and a kitchen that smelled awful. So far, I've spent under 5 hours cleaning and feel a little better about calling this my 'home' until I return to the United States in June. However, walking around in my flat without flip-flops or moccasins will not be happening, probably ever.
I have two countdowns going...one until I move home in June and the other until my fiancé comes and sees me for 2 weeks in March. Even though the one to March is much sooner, it seems to be taking way longer. I am not sure how that works.
I am completely baffled by my neighbors up stairs. They started to party last night at 10:30 p.m. and didn't stop until 6 a.m. this morning. I miss living in the dorms and having our 'regulated' quiet hours and RAs to enforce them. Being an RA at heart, it took me a lot of will power to not stomp up to their floor and tell them to shut the hell up like I would have been able to do in the states with my old job. I guess what they said was right, 'once an RA, always an RA.' I suppose it will always be a gift and a curse.
So far I have used my free time to complete a wedding website for my fiancé and myself and start to plan our holiday when he comes to visit me. At least it's keeping me busy so far because it looks like classes will not be too demanding until the last weeks of term. I am unsure what to do with myself for countless hours until I get to go to bed every night.
The 6 hour time difference to my family in the states has made it impossible to communicate as much as we'd like and it's very hard to find an app on my iPhone that works all of the time with texting/IMing or anything else that is crucial to my existence and talking to my fiancé and BFFs.
So far, if I don't kill the neighbors, living abroad is something I think I can handle for the next couple of months. I am looking forward to traveling around Dublin and Ireland and also venturing to other countries to see other parts of Europe and of course, my camera will always be my travel buddy!
Cheers.
January 1st brought me the 'official' title of fiancé from the love of my life, keeping January interesting. Every day after that was spent packing and unpacking, shopping, crossing things off lists and making new lists so I wouldn't forget anything while getting ready for my BIG move to Ireland.
Now as I sit typing on my laptop in my flat, I find myself actually living--successfully, mind you--in Ireland for a week already. Arriving in in Dublin proved to be less challenging than I had feared but arriving at my apartment was less than satisfying.
The place I moved into had not been cleaned by anyone before I'd moved in so I was welcomed with molded onions, bread, croissants, tangerines and liquefied potatoes, a moldy bathroom and a kitchen that smelled awful. So far, I've spent under 5 hours cleaning and feel a little better about calling this my 'home' until I return to the United States in June. However, walking around in my flat without flip-flops or moccasins will not be happening, probably ever.
I have two countdowns going...one until I move home in June and the other until my fiancé comes and sees me for 2 weeks in March. Even though the one to March is much sooner, it seems to be taking way longer. I am not sure how that works.
I am completely baffled by my neighbors up stairs. They started to party last night at 10:30 p.m. and didn't stop until 6 a.m. this morning. I miss living in the dorms and having our 'regulated' quiet hours and RAs to enforce them. Being an RA at heart, it took me a lot of will power to not stomp up to their floor and tell them to shut the hell up like I would have been able to do in the states with my old job. I guess what they said was right, 'once an RA, always an RA.' I suppose it will always be a gift and a curse.
So far I have used my free time to complete a wedding website for my fiancé and myself and start to plan our holiday when he comes to visit me. At least it's keeping me busy so far because it looks like classes will not be too demanding until the last weeks of term. I am unsure what to do with myself for countless hours until I get to go to bed every night.
The 6 hour time difference to my family in the states has made it impossible to communicate as much as we'd like and it's very hard to find an app on my iPhone that works all of the time with texting/IMing or anything else that is crucial to my existence and talking to my fiancé and BFFs.
So far, if I don't kill the neighbors, living abroad is something I think I can handle for the next couple of months. I am looking forward to traveling around Dublin and Ireland and also venturing to other countries to see other parts of Europe and of course, my camera will always be my travel buddy!
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| Me outside of Trinity College. Dublin, Ireland. |
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