Not Stressed.......Yeah......Right

So a few weeks ago Lindsay and I headed to the Europa Hotel to get picked up for a day tour trip. The coach was green and called Goliath. We first headed up to the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge. Unfortunately, it had decided to drizzle that day so the view off the coast was not the most impressive, but it was still pretty impressive. Lindsay decided to cross the bridge, and I stayed behind and took a picture of her. Fear of heights and unstable things. Oh well. From there we headed up to Giant's Causeway. There we were able to walk/climb the stones and get a ton of pictures from that. We then ate lunch at the Causeway Hotel. We both had sandwiches and soup. After that stop, we headed to Derry where we took a walking tour. Somewhere during the day we stopped in the middle of the road to get pictures of Dunlace Castle. Even though it rained it was an amazing day.

Tomorrow night should be an interesting one. We are going out to see one of the members of Celtic Thunder (Keith Harkin) play at Auntie Annie's. I am so excited to see him perform live. Don't worry, camera will be taken.

We are gearing up for our choreography fundraiser show this week. The show itself is one Monday the 11th, but this week we have to plot our lights and have a dress rehearsal. Mind you, this is all on top of our FMP rehearsals as well. Thankfully, after the choreography show, we will finish that week to then go on Easter Break for two weeks!!!!! CAN. NOT. WAIT. Then when we get back, we will have only about a week and a half before production week for FMP. May there be no more injuries or illness until after the last show. From there we only have our written work to hand in and then the year will be officially over on June 6th.

I hope to get some more traveling done between now and when I head home. My main goal is to try and get to Dublin at some point. Anyway, we will have to see.

11 weeks until I will be back on American soil. Not too sure how I feel about it.

Clearly I Forget About This Thing

So after this weekend I will definitely think about this thing more. It is my last day working at the Hilton. I have enjoyed it, and it has been a pleasure. However, it's time for me to really buckle down and stay focused on school both here and at home. Trying to transfer when you are out of the country is extremely difficult. They were some melt-down recently, but I think we are on the upside now. After this weekend, I will have my weekends free to do more traveling and stuff. Next weekend, Lindsay and I are planning on going up to Giant's Causeway on a day tour. We will leave Belfast about 9:30 and get back around 6:30. We have been told it is one of the must see places in Northern Ireland, and if you haven't seen pictures please look it up. It's gorgeous. So with that said I will start being able to get more pictures and things.

As for school, we are working feverishly toward our final show. It's stressful right now without our Artistic Director, but we are hoping she will be pleased when she returns. The first show is in exactly 10 weeks and 4 days. I'm just praying we get everything done in time. The few grades that I have gotten back from first assignment have been in U.S. equivalent A's. Woo-hoo!

Also, on a different note, I had a wonderful and relaxing birthday thanks to Shannen, Martin, Rachel, and Lindsay! It was exactly how I wanted it to be. It was strange not being home for it, but I enjoyed it either way.

It hit me today that I am heading home in about 3 1/2 months. I'm not really quite sure how I feel about this just yet. I think I will be ready to be back home, but sad at the same time. I have met so many amazing friends. I don't know what I will do without them.

Ok...It's Official

I am the worst blogger ever. Oh well. I am going to make a note to myself to update this thing at least once a week. Promise. Hold me to it.

So, I did make it home for Christmas safe and sound, but it was the strangest feeling ever being there. I honestly woke up in the middle of the night a couple times freaking out because I didn't realize where I was. Also, I was definitely on Irish time for a while after I got there. I kept waking up at about 4 in the morning. It was crazy.

I really enjoyed my time there with friends and family, and got a lot accomplished. God willing, Erica and I have found where we will be living next year! Woo-hoo! We dyed Rachel's hair blue(part of it anyway ;)). I got to go back to my home church, and I got to see all of my family and friends.

Christmas was good and normal for us. Had Nana, Holly, and Kyle come over to the house, and then we went over to see some friends. It felt nice to see everyone and be home even if it was just for a little while.

The worst part was that I missed all of my new friends in Belfast! I still wish that I could have packed them all up and taken them with me. Also, coming back to Belfast meant Kenzie leaving to go home, which I was not at all happy about.

But, I have been back for about two weeks now, and am JUST starting to feel like myself again. Travelling forward in time more than once in six months I do not reccamend. Things are starting to get carzy with school and what not, and there are times when I am doing good to get a decent amount of sleep. But thankfully, I'm making it. Shannen is a huge help as are some other people in making sure that I keep my sanity about me.

It will be strange to turn 21 while I am here. I'm not really sure how I feel about not being home for my birthday, but I'm sure it will be fine.

All in all I am glad to be back, and I know that time is going to fly. I know my time here will be over before I know it, so my plan is to just relish every moment possible. Enjoy it while I can.