So...I'm officially awful at 'blogging'. I have been here for over 5 weeks now, and I have successfully written a grand total of 0 things about my wonderful, amazing experiences I've been having. But in all fairness, I was just all too busy having these wonderful, amazing experiences to be bothered to write this damned blog. So for the (probably only one) person who reads this (Hey Beck, you're awesome) I apologize for my inability to blog.
Now, I obviously cannot summarize the events of 5 weeks into one short (I'm inbetween classes, so I can't take TOO long) story, but I'll do my best to recap the major events.
To start, I absolutely love it here. Ireland is beautiful, and everything I thought it was going to be (and more). I have met absolutely amazing people, had some of the best times of my life, and saw the most beautiful sites. I have two amazing (although severely messy) Irish roommates named Joey and Eamonn. They are lovely, and I wouldn't trade them for anything. I have met loads of people as well, and we even have a little group forming of international students. The group consists of me being pretty much the only American, a million German and Austrians, as well as some Sweedish, French, and Australians. These are the best people you will ever meet in your life. We have the best times together, and I can't believe how lucky I am to have met them. I also have a group of Irish friends I am starting to hang around with as well, and I am loving all the Irish slang vocabulary they're teaching me--I will most definitely post a blog just on Irish slang because it's quite humorous.
I've been to Galway, Wickalow and the Wickalow mountains, Glendalow, Howth, and I am voyaging to Cork this weekend. Every single day is an adventure, and every day is exciting and new. I absolutely love it, and I honestly cannot believe how lucky I am to be in this situation.
Now, the title of this blog is 'unreal', and you're (again, hey Becky) probably wondering why I chose that. After a complex thought process that took all of 30 seconds, I chose this title because there are multiple times a day when I look around and think, "This is absolutely unreal." The fact that I'm in Ireland, the fact that I have made the best friends in the world that I know I will stay in touch with forever, and the fact that I am lucky enough to have this mind-blowing experience in my life. Sometimes I just feel like it's not fair how lucky I am. I have such amazing people in my life, I cannot even put it into words how happy I am here. There's multiple times a day when I feel almost as though I'm going to "burst" with all of these emotions of excitement and happiness. I don't understand why I deserve this, but I am so unbelievably glad to be having this experience and I am going to make sure that I take advantage of every second of every day. That being said, I kind of like it here. I apologize for the cheesey, poorly written synopsis of my first five weeks here, but I will try to keep this updated more frequently now.
Now, it is time to go to class (yes, I forget I am here to study a lot of the time too). I am going to Cork after that, to kiss (or maybe just touch) the Blarney stone and to have a grand time with my Australian 'mates'. Cheers from Ireland :)
