finally getting the hang of this place

Everyone,

Ok so it wasn't until a few days ago that I could finally say that I'm 100% comfortable here, and I have to tell you it's a huge relief. I'm falling more and more in love with this place every day and I'm beginning to understand why it's harder to leave here than to come here. So I haven't written since Friday afternoon, so I will give you an account of the weekend as it stands so far.

Friday night we went to Monroe's to see the band Key West. Their a cover band, but they're really good. We all got a little crazier than usual before leaving so we were all ready for some good music. We got a table and were laughing and having a great time. Met a new friend from Providence which is always fun, and also hung out with our friend from Germany! We ended the night at Quays. Now that I'm writing this I feel stupid because nothing remarkable happened, but I'm not just writing this for your entertainment, but also for my memory after five months haha.

Saturday we did our first excursion! Of course it was pouring rain and windy. Welcome to Ireland. We had breakfast at this place on Shop St. and then headed to the Galway tourist center. We thought we were going to Connemara, this town near Galway which is apparently really beautiful, but it's mostly a walking tour and with the weather the way it was the driver suggested that we do the Cliffs of Moher instead. I had already seen the Cliffs when I was here with my family in June of '09, but it was nice to see the different places along the way there and also to spend time with the other SJU girls. We had lots of laughs as usual and took some great pictures. The day sort of wore us out so we took last night off. We went to Supermax around 9, it's the Irish version of McDonalds, got fries and watched I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry and hung out some more. It really was rather uneventful, but always a lot of fun with the group we have here. I'm so lucky to be with girls that are as fun and easy going as these girls!

This morning Ainsley and I went to 11:15 mass and then got lunch. We then wanted to figure out where the Garda was so we walked there. All visiting students have to register with the Garda instead of buying a visa. We have to pay some fee, show proof that were not terrorists and then we get some ID card. It's quite the trek but it has to be done and now I know where to get it done. Right now I'm blogging, will soon go for a run and then eventually end up at Garvey's to watch more playoff football. May or may not be teaching the aforementioned really freakin cute Irish boy some American football in exchange for rugby lessons. Now I actually have to learn it rather than just chugging Franzia with Meg and belligerently cheering for Rob and Hickey at their "matches" bahaha.

Miss ya'll and I'll post again soon. Hopefully it's not as boring as this post, but like I said, I don't want to forget anything!

Looove you,

Kel