The Roost is on fire.

Not really...more on the Roost later! Now it's time for another Sunday weekly wrap-up and since I already talked about Monday, we're gonna move right on to Tuesday!

Tuesday, February 9:
I can not even express how nice it was that I had no classes on Tuesday. I was still pretty tired/sick and I was glad to be able to sleep in and do nothing for awhile, that is until frisbee practice. We had practice outside and although the weather wasn't terrible, it was still pretty dang cold. I think I have bad circulation or something because my hands and feet are always freezing...After frisbee I had some more free time until Roberta's class and I can't quite remember what I did but I'm sure it was insignificant and involved facebook or a movie. We might've actually had tacos for dinner but they were forgettable...obviously. I don't mean to brag but I know how to make a mean taco and these were just poor but I digress. We have a "class" with Roberta every Tuesday night at 8pm for about an hour where we just talk about how we're adjusting and the trips we're going on the following weekend and such. This week we watched a movie on Newgrange and the Hill of Tara and I hate to admit it but I was falling asleep. I tried to stay interested, but I was just too tired. Luckily, I'm pretty sure we got all the same information when we actually visited the sites so I didn't miss much...

Wednesday, February 10:
Theology and English were uneventful as usual. I had frisbee practice again at 2 (inside this time!) which is always fun. Wednesday night I'm not quite sure what I did in between frisbee and going to a friend's apartment, but again, I'm sure it was insignificant. The friend's apartment I went to was a girl from the frisbee team (Rebecca). It was her birthday so she had a little birthday party! Some other frisbee kids were there so we had some great craic (pronounced crack, it means fun). I went home pretty early and I think I went right to bed or possibly skyped my mom.

Thursday, February 11:
FINALLY! My favorite day has arrived. Despite the fact that I have the most classes on Thursday, it is the best day because it means the Roost, but more on that later. Thursday was also the day I had my first Irish language class and it was AWESOME! It's going to be such an amazing class and I'm so excited. After the class Caitlin and I kept practicing our Irish phrases (we learned about...7) over and over, that's how awesome it is. I also found out that I was right about "Dia Duit" meaning hello and God be with you, so props to Google, but I also found out it's pronounced dia goo-it (rough phonetic spelling, obviously). After that some of us went to Colleen's where we had an awesome meal of cajun chicken pasta...and stove top. Best meal I had in a while I'll tell you! After that, I went to my room and proceeded to get ready for the Roost. I asked Bridget to help me pick an outfit. Apparently I looked "hot" which must of been true because I was hit on by some creepy guys, but thankfully the frisbee guys came to my rescue or would deter others away. Man, I just love the Roost. I hardly even had anything to drink but I just had such a great time dancing. The dance floor, it is my home. I'm already counting down to next Thursday.

Friday, February 12:
Morning frisbee practice. It was a struggle to feel pumped to play, but that quickly changed when we were kicked outside (due to a scheduling conflict) and the beautiful day took over. It was somewhat cold, but the sun was shining and all around lovely. Caitlin and I dazzled everyone with the Irish we had learned until they started speaking it to us and it just went right over our heads...after frisbee I took the quickest shower of my life "dried my hair" and went to english. After that, I lazed around and did nothing until I decided to watch PS. I Love You and re-copy my notes. My God, that movie makes me cry every time. Without fail. I really hate Hilary Swank in that movie though...

Saturday, February 13:
Up at 8 for our day full of fun and excitement. First was Newgrange which was pretty awesome. We went inside the tomb which was extremely well built for something that is older than the pyramids...



Newgrange!





next was lunch. Ah, lunch. It was a buffet-type meal. I had lasagna, fries, peas & carrots, and cabbage. Quite the assortment. For dessert we had canoli-type things and some very bland rice pudding. Kelly had the idea to had brown & white sugar to it. About 6 packs later, it tasted exceptional and the sugar rush I had was like nobody's business. Between that and the tea, I was set. Until I got on the bus and crashed. After a short nap, we were at our next stop. Monsterboice! It's an abbey...or was. We stopped for literally about 10 minutes. Not much else to see really but remains of what once was an abbey.



We also took a small detour to look at some high crosses in a random cemetery. Some of the girls were INCREDIBLY annoying because they were shouting and taking ridiculous pictures and I kept thinking: "Are you serious? We're in a cemetery...have some respect." People were there visiting their loved ones and people were being so inconsiderate. A pair of girls almost stepped on a fresh grave (it had a letter that said Granddad on it, it made me sad...I said a quick prayer for them) and proceeded to shout about it. I gave them my dirtiest look. Anyway, enough of that rant.







After that we went to the Hill of Tara for about a half hour. An explanation through words and pictures simply does not do it justice. I would explain it as just a bunch of grassy knolls and my pictures can not fully show the snow capped mountains in the distance I witnessed. It was once where the High King of Ireland stayed. There is one rock (that inspired some dirty jokes...I'm not gonna lie) on top of one of these knolls and legend has it that if you sit on top of it and you hear a roar than you are the true King of Ireland. Now this rock is pretty tall. I'm somewhat ashamed to say I needed some help, but I attribute that to the fact that I was laughing and lack upper body strength. Sadly, I am not the King of Ireland.



My friends Kelly(standing) and Caitlin





After that we started driving back to Maynooth and I took another little nap. Later that night, Kelly, Caitlin and I watched the first half of the first Lord of the Rings movie.

Sunday, February 14:
Well Happy Valentine's day! I spent my day by taking a quick jog with Caitlin around campus, shopping at Tesco with Caitlin and Kelly and cleaning my bathroom! I am now planning to do some stuff for school/watch Mulan/go to bed! What a great Valentine's day!

Until next time, Erin go bragh!