Making Up For Yesterday

Yeah...I forgot to post yesterday...oops.

It's honestly the first time that I've forgotten to do so. I never write myself sticky notes or anything to do it, which is completely odd for me, as all my past roommates can confirm. It's just my ritual every night: check email one more time and post a journal entry so Mom and Dad know I'm still alive. I went to bed early last night after staying in--so there's no excuse!

I was supposed to do a lot last night, like I usually do on Thursdays, but rock climbing was canceled because they had to redo the walls for their competition this weekend, and then my friends wanted to go to a house party for international students instead of pubbing like usual. I'm not big on crowds, and since I don't drink, even pubs aren't fun for me, so I stayed home instead. It turns out that they went to pubs after a couple awkward hours at the party and didn't get home until 3 a.m., so I'm really glad I didn't go. My roommate would have shot me for waking her up then!

As it is, the Irish roommates in my apartment are starting to get fed up with the other two American girls. Amanda and Jackie are so loud, even by American standards (most Americans are louder than Irish people, it seems, especially Anya and Emer). When they talk at all in their room, Anya and I can hear every word in ours. They always wake us up when they get home from clubbing or whatever, and normally Anya shrugs it off and tells them it's no big deal. Yesterday, however, they woke her up the night before she had to write her fifth midterm in a week, and she got pretty upset and sort of confronted them. I'm hoping that since Amanda and Jackie never take me seriously, the Irish girls confront them big time and get them to shape up. I know that sounds horrible, but it's obnoxious.

Wow. That was a rant. Lo siento. Other than that, yesterday was a good day. Today was really nice too. I slept in till 8:30, late for me, and then read in bed for an hour before going downstairs and eating breakfast in front of the TV in my pajamas. In the eight weeks I've been here, I've never done that. I hate walking around in my pajamas. That's how lazy I was today.

I met up with Alice after her class and we went down to the bay again for a walk, and then ended up going to Tesco's (the big grocery store) and buying hair dye (for her, don't worry), a huge baguette, and a frozen pizza. We pigged out in my apartment while watching Sponge Bob, then went back to hers to dye her hair a deep red color. She also trimmed mine, since I was getting a lot of split ends, and apparently layered it slightly. We made scones with jam and then fiddled around online for a while before making plans to go out with Miriam. The three of us walked around town for a bit before ending up where we always do--at the Roisin Dubh pub.

Tomorrow we are going to watch a rugby game on TV with Miriam's crush and then go to a Twister/sausage rolls/scone party at Miriam's apartment. The nicest thing about that is that she lives thirty seconds from me, so I can go home whenever I want to or run back and forth if I forget something. I'm pretty excited.

I am planning on getting up early and going in to town by myself just for some alone time. There is a market on Saturday mornings that I could visit and I want to finally make it back to that ruin in the city center. I know where to find it now, so I just need to go do it!

Besides that, my only plans for this weekend are to read some articles for class and to clean the house. After the American girls leave for Scotland tomorrow morning, I will be alone in the house until Sunday night-ish. I'm going to sweep and mop the main living areas, clean the kitchen all over, clean my bathroom, vacuum my room, and do lots of laundry. I'm really excited about that whole business too, which is odd...but I've been feeling very domestic this week. I'm ready to clean!

That's all that really went on for the past two days. Oh, except yesterday was sunny but still sprinkling on the walk home from class, so there was a big beautiful rainbow that ended at McDonald's...oh well. It was pretty nonetheless!

So good night!