Thursday, April 29

I didn't go to school today. I have been sick and had almost lost my voice completely by the end of last night. I woke up without much of it back plus a headache, so I decided to spend the day at home. I wasn't scheduled to teach any lessons today so it wasn't a big deal. I figured I'd never get my voice back if I spent today in the Junior Infants class. I slept in until about 9, then spent several hours working on my newest IU assignment. Only two of them left to go after this one! They are SO time consuming.

I started to get a little stir crazy, so I asked Steph if she wanted to go to Starbucks again. It has become almost a daily occurrence for us to make our way to the Blackrock Starbucks, but it's a cheap way to spend the evening out of the house. Plus, my mom uploaded more money onto my Starbucks gift card as a surprise last night, so I had to go use some of it:) Isn't she kind?

A picture of the beloved Starbucks at my mom's request.

On the way into Blackrock this evening I told Steph I have my first 24 hours back in the States planned out already (it's a whole month away, but I've always been a planner).

1. Drive my own vehicle for 6 hours.

2. Lay on the couch and watch TV for 6 hours (I don't even know how to turn the TV on here).

3. Cook for 6 hours because I haven't been able to cook one thing since I've been here.

4. Change my clothes over and over and over again 65 times (I am becoming tired of the same 5 outfits).

Tomorrow we're headed for Belfast in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom, so we'll be using Pounds instead of Euros while we're there. This is a bummer because the exchange rate from US Dollars to Pound is even worse than it is for Euros. Oh well, we'll manage!

The hotel we're staying in does not have free wifi, so we I won't be able to update my blog until Monday or Tuesday, but when I do I promise there will be interesting things to see :)