Soooo behind...

...and I apologize. SO here is what's up. My friends came and were here for 10 days (one of them was) and there was St. Patrick's Day and Easter and plenty of homework to keep what free time I've had busy. I also leave for my 3 week Eurotrip in like 2 or 3 days so clearly I have had a lot on my mind. I'm going to do my best to recall...as much as I can.
HollyAnn came on Thursday night. She didn't know it but I was actually meeting her at the airport. I'm so sneaky, I didn't tell her. I headed for the airport around ten o clock since her flight was supposed to get in around 1130 and 10 was the last bus that I could take. I brought my homework to the airport so that I oculd do some studying for my Gaelic final which was at nine in the morning the next day. Her flight ended up being delayed so she didn't get in until a little after midnight. But soon after I got there my friend Jen who was meeting her boyfriend came over and we chatted. She was so excited. It was probably one the best kodak moments I have ever witnessed. We ended up splitting a cab from the airport back to the apartment with a girl who lived in the complex next door who was meeting her boyfriend at the airport. (That turned out to be a whole different story but I'll get to that later.)
The next morning I had my Gaelic exam, which wasn't too bad. Especially considering I had already done...not so well...on the oral exam which I had unfortunaetly been unaware of the date for. Brilliant. I love that I pay attention to important details. Oh well, what can you do?! Everything happens for a reason I suppose. In any case it went pretty well and then I went back to the apartment. HollyAnn and I ended up going to Waterford with Lizzy and her friend Caitlin, and Genna and her friend Sarah. We walked around and did a little window shopping and went out to eat at - of all places - an Italian restaurant that I had gone to the last time I was there. Then we hopped on the bus and headed back to Cork (still my favorite city that I've been to!).
Alanna and Arielle came on Sunday and we luckily caught a cab to the bus station to pick them up and he was great, he even waited for us and brought us back to the apartment. I felt bad for him - I don't think that he realized just how heavy the suitcases were going to be that the girls were carrying. Alanna even brought a queen size air mattress. God love her - it actually worked out really really well. They were exhausted but the worst thing to do is go to sleep in the middle of the day. So they showered and we headed to Blarney with every intention of going to the castle. However, we ended up in the gift store for hours, and by the time we actually got to the castle area, it was closed. Not meant to be!
The next day was St Patrick's Day! I'm mildly exhausted right now so I will let you know how that went tomorrow when I'm able to write a good detailed blog entry about it. Stay tuned!!