Natalie visits Ireland and epicness ensues.

I suppose it's about time to update this!


Natalie and I enjoying some Rocky Road bars on Easter. Happy Easter to us!

So about a month ago on March 31st I turned 20 (and my parents celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary)! I received the best present I could have hoped for besides my family and it came in the form of Natalie Burkart! She and Laura arrived from Rome for their 10-day long visit around 3pm. Kelly and I went to meet them at the Maynooth train station and it was probably the cutest reunion I've ever been a part of. That night, we had a taco extravaganza for dinner. My lovely flatmates joined my friends and I for dinner! Bless their hearts, they decorated with balloons and got me a cake! It was so sweet and I really appreciated it. Overall, it was a good night even though some people could not attend/went M.I.A. For the rest of Natalie's visit we kind of just hung around and enjoyed the time together. I can not tell you how much I enjoyed sharing a room with someone again...I miss my roommates! Natalie and I watched some much need roommate movies (but not Forrest Gump...what is THAT about?) and relished in the fact that we didn't have anything to do academically. The whole week with Natalie was fantastic. It felt like we were back in South Bend again. If only our ginger, clarinet-playing roommate and our little athlete could have visited too. It would have been the absolute perfect week filled with roomie bonding. On that note, Holy Cross Room 222 next year is going to be INSANE. CLOSESTS! WINDOWS! ETC.! I will see you all before you know it!

A video we recorded on Easter:

Howth is magic

On the first Saturday of Natalie's visit a group of SMC girls traveled to Howth in Co. Dublin. I was beyond excited to see a large body of water and beach. The whole day was perfect. It was a bit chilly but fairly sunny and everyone enjoyed themselves. We saw some seriously beautiful sights. Ireland never ceases to be beautiful and I fall a little more in love with it every day. We did a cliff walk while in Howth and while it was extremely tiring and I doubted we would ever see road again, it was incredibly rewarding. I also really appreciated the wind. I don't know why or when it happened, but I developed a love for wind...it's so strange but I can't explain it so basically, I really enjoyed the gale force winds that were happening on the cliffs.