Gotta Get Into The Habit!

Hey!

I've been back from the Gaeltacht over a week now - maybe two? - & I've been seriously meaning to post, but I just haven't! That's something I have to fix! I'll have to get into the habit of posting everyday again!

Anyway, I had so much freaking fun at the Gaeltacht! Of course it wasn't perfect - there was trouble with the class role, so I got moved to a shite class & the principal wouldn't move me back. However, I met some awesome people that I'll never forget & I hope I can meet up with again.

Abby was my best friend on the course!

I'm hoping Mam & Dad will let me go back next summer. It'd be my last chance to go, as I'll be doing the Leaving Cert (my final exams) the following year.

Now....

PHOTOS!!!

Packing!

Well, I've been packing on & off all day today!
I'm going to the Gaeltacht tomorrow.
The Gaeltacht is the name given to the Irish speaking areas in Ireland. I'm going to be attending a three week course to improve my Irish for school. I won't be allowed a phone, iPod or any electrical device. No internet access. I can't even read a book in English or watch tv!
Don't get me wrong, the Gaeltacht (we just call the course that) is so freakin' fun! You stay in local peoples' homes with numerous other students, of the same gender, &can't speak English, except for an exception of one English word per sentence. You have class every weekday morning & then ceilís (Irish traditional group dances) every single night. We play sport; have singing competitions where we change the lyrics of hit songs & translate them into Irish. There's theme nights & trips!
However, since last time I went I've become a bit of an Internet addict. Plus, I need the connection with my friends. Then there's all my music... At least my friends that live in Ireland, along with my boyfriend, can mail me letters. Nothing like some pen & ink!
I think I might not hand up my iPod when I arrive. It's risky, but as long as I hand up my phone, I shoud be okay. Plus, IM gave me a creative idea to hide it in my socks! Haha! I think I might do it for the craic, but I'll see how thing go there first. There may be a problem of charging it, though, so I'll see.

Hm... What else? Maybe the fact that I probably won't be blogging for three weeks...? I don't think I'll have a chance tomorrow before I go, so this'll be my last post until July 22nd, unless I post right after this again!

Oh! Wait! I may have Internet once a week on Sundays, as it's my day out with my parents, so maybe I'll post a bit then :)

Anyway, I feel a bit sick now. I don't know if it's because of what's happened the last few days, my boyfriend & how things will go not talking to him really, the whole Gaeltacht thing & having to try & make new friends, or, just the whole lot together. Either way, I plan to make the most of these next three weeks & maybe get a job as soon as I get back!

Well, have a good July! I'll more than likely talk to ye towards the end of the month - I doubt I'll manage many posts in between.
Goodnight! ^_^ <3

Talkin' & Walkin'

Today was tiring, but I loved it so much! After I did whatever serving and cleaning with Mam, we ate lunch and then prepared some fruit for the jam. Did I tell you she sells jam in the local shops? It was tiring, but, after, I set out for a walk with my friend, D! We met half way between our houses from where we just walked aimlessly for two hours throughout the back roads of where we lived. It was great!
I'm not big into walking, but if I've someone to talk to it's perfectly fine. We didn't even feel the time pass. It was great just to talk about everything and anything with her. She even told me the next part of her story she's written (she's really talented - I'm not being biased here) & I told here whatever ideas I have for mine, which, yet again, I'm having trouble just putting onto paper or even typing it up!
Anyway, it was a day well spent! It was great laughing, giggling and just being plain stupid at times for the craic (Irish word for fun - pronounced "crack", but I promise it has nothing to do with drugs! Haha!). I even came home with two huge blisters on the heels of my feet &, as sore as they are, feck 'em!!! It was worth it!
I love D! We may go for another walk on Friday, plus J was saying the four of us (D, R, J and I) should try and meet up for lunch in town some day next week before I go to the Gaeltacht.This will be great considering J & R live on the other side of town to me and D, about 40 - 50 minutes away. So, without public transport like they have in the big towns in cities, it's hard for us to see one another when we're on school holidays.
So, this will be something to look forward to, before I head off for three weeks, without a mobile or Internet access (well, except for Sundays, but I'll explain that better another day) in the Gaeltacht!

I'm starting to wonder how I'll survive without it all now - I've become a bit of an Internet-addict in the last year & I can't even use my iPod or read English books! It'll be an adventure, I'm sure...!

I Just Can't Wait!!!

I want my camera! It's taking longer than I had hoped.... I had thought I would have a summer job, that way, I would have had the €400 - 500 I need in, roughly, three weeks!

I should have my lovely Nikon D3100 right now!!!

Patience was never my thing.

So, I'm still working on getting a job. I just asked in the restaurant we just ate lunch in for Father's Day. I really didn't want to work in any sort of restaurant or hotel. Just the local supermarket and other shops. The hotels and restaurants remind me too much of the B&B, which I hate to work in. The idea of the job outside the home was to try something different and to get away from it. However, I really need the money for my camera & I just might get a few hours in there.

I have half the amount I need for a secondhand Nikon D3100 off eBay, so in two to three weeks, I'll have what I need... But I'm going to the Gaeltacht (Irish summer camp) this day in two weeks. I'll be gone from June 30th - July 22nd! That will slow down the cash intake big time!

So, August! That's when I'll have it. I'll borrow Mam and Dad digital camera while I'm down in the Gaeltacht, but I'll have my own camera when we go on holidays in December...

Not too bad I guess.

I think I'm going to start making posters for babysitting...