So putting together class schedules here at NUI is a PAIN. Like when I tell you I've had about 6 panic attacks since I've started to put this list together, I mean it. But I think I'm finally good with the classes that I've chosen. The professors seem okay, a little tougher than I expected. So far I've had Coastal Environments and Weather and Climate. I went to another class, but decided not to take it. It seemed like waaay more work than I wanted to do... whatever.
So yesterday was pretty nerve wracking as it was the very first day of class. I was already kind of in a gloomy mood after the Eagles loss which I of course got to watch in a pub with a bunch of screaming Packers fans from Marquette who are also studying here. I have to be honest I totally got homesick again. The stress of getting to the right classes and not knowing what the professor was going to be like made me really miss SJU. Of course once classes begin and I get in the groove of classes, things will be amazing as they already are. It's just all made me realize how much I love my family and friends and how much you mean to me now that I'm so far away. Anyway, I just wish you could all be here experiencing this with me!
So last night I went out to Taaffes. They started playing music at 9:30 so we got there a little after. As soon as we walked in, we got a drink bought for us by this INCREDIBLY drunk dude named Tony. Like he was so drunk he gave Ainsley the money to buy ourselves drinks because the bartender and stopped serving him. It was very nice of him but then I was of course obliged to sit there and hear his ramblings for a bit. He smelled awful but was nice enough anyway and eventually wandered off to someone else. Then we started talking to this guy Stephen from Canada. He had moved to Galway for a girl who he is no longer dating but he says there still good friends and he has no intentions of leaving Galway. He was really a nice guy, but then he started drinking more and more and got a little creepier. So we started talking to these Irish guys who had just gotten back from a long stay in the U.S. It was cool to hear their opinions and most agreed that they liked the west coast better, which has a much more laid back attitude similar to Ireland. Oh and they can smoked weed there, that was another reason. They told me I looked like I was 24 so they were great. I asked one to do his best American accent and he somehow took that as an invitation to kiss me, but I dodged that one pretty quick. Then I heard Stephen behind me grumbling to someone that Ainsley and I had left him for better looking guys so I turned around and he happened to be talking to some really cute guys who must have gotten roped into that conversation trying to buy a drink. Turns out these kids are juniors, or third year as they call it here, at NUIG. They were a ton of fun so we started talking to them about school and how it's different here than in America and how the professors just try to scare you but really don't give a shit. We had a few more drinks and then went to a different bar whose name I won't try to type here because it's really Irish and I didn't understand it. We sat out on the deck and talked and drank. Met a pretty freakin cute boy but those of you who want more info on that will have to inquire further ;) I love meeting all these Irish people. It's so fun to learn about what they call things, what they think of Americans and so on. They don't understand the concept of having a major or a minor, they call elementary school primary school and high school secondary school. They make fun of us for saying things like "say whaat?" and "helllll yeah" and we learned some new words of our own. "Slagging" means to playfully tease I think and "thats so class" is like saying "oh thats so great". Ended up home really late again, only perpetuating my jet lag and I think I may still be on Eastern time, but whatever.
Today I went for a run and then got ready for class. It's called Weather and Climate and is just like the Earth Science I took freshman year of high school. Now I'm blogging and I'm about to skype with my sister. I think we're going to a place with Irish dancing tonight =) wahoo! Post again soon!
Love you all
Kel
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