Days 33-35: The Weekend!

See? I told you it wouldn't be another two weeks before I wrote again... YAY! Anyway, I'm currently sitting in the UCC computer lab accomplishing things (and yes, updating my blog definitely counts as accomplishing something). I thought about going back to Deanshall, but I knew if I went there, I would do nothing. For 4 or so hours... And with all that I have to do, that would be a waste of time (an actual waste, not updating-my-blog waste). So Friday-- January 29th, the one-month anniversary of my arrival in Ireland... That's just so crazy, especially because a few of my friends still hadn't left (and a few still haven't)! So for the one-month anniversary, I did nothing special. Actually, that's not entirely true-- I went to my Graph Theory and Combinatorics Tutorial... and I was one of maybe five people who went... in a class of about thirty. Yeah, the lecturer really should have picked a different time. And because there were so few people, no one wanted to ask questions, so I did. And in doing so, I realized that I need to really study for my GT&C exam on Wednesday (but have I yet? No... oops). So after my tutorial, I made an executive decision and dropped Celtic Religion and Mythology to take Italian... I'll miss the other people in the class and the stories, but... I think Italian is both more practical and more fun! :) Friday afternoon was spent at the grocery store... well, not the entire afternoon, and then Friday night, we had a girls' night, which for awhile included a few guys... We watched "Good Luck Chuck," and then a lot of people left (because there was an Archaeology field trip at 9am on Saturday)... By then, it was just a few of us girls, so we decided to play Mao (a card game). Let's just say, it was quite entertaining :) And that was Friday...
On Saturday, I didn't really do a whole lot. I cleaned my apartment's kitchen because it was soooooooo gross, and almost every dish that we have was dirty... I was going crazy, so I cleaned! After cleaning, I was rewarded with a fabulous Pizza and Wings dinner at Kat's apartment, followed by apple pie and ice cream... Needless to say, if I keep eating like that, I'll be on "Fat Families." Not everyone could make it to Kat's, so we had a smaller crowd and thus decided to play Mao again... Part of the appeal of the game is that unless you've played before, you don't know the rules :) So it's quite easy to get frustrated... The eventual plan was to watch a movie (originally, "Silence of the Lambs" but with fewer people, "Moulin Rouge"), but Mao took over and then YouTube videos... I finally saw the "JK Wedding Dance," and finally, Jim and Pam's wedding ("The Office") makes much more sense. So Saturday wasn't terribly productive, but fun :)
Sunday-- I actually tried to be productive; I did... and I succeeded somewhat. I finally submitted my first REU application and have a few weeks before the next few are due... But I figure I'll just go ahead and get those done so I don't have to worry about them. On Sunday morning (about 11:30), I headed over to Liam's apartment, where he was making pancakes... There were a lot of pancakes to be made, so we didn't end up eating until about 1 or so... But that was fine because the pancakes were sooooo delicious. He made banana pancakes and apple cinnamon ones... Yum, yum, yum. I could do with some of those now actually... And he shelled out and bought real maple syrup (really hard to find in Ireland). Yum, yum, yum... I also cleaned my bathroom and vacuumed the living room on Sunday... I basically just hit a point this weekend where I couldn't stand the grossness of my apartment, so I cleaned.
That was basically my weekend... Oh, I also received an email that the International Student Society trip to Killarney got moved to the same weekend as the Belfast trip, so sadly I won't be going to Killarney. But at least, I'm going to Galway this weekend. Also, it's possible that a friend (Genevieve--have I mentioned her before??) and I will be spending our formerly Killarney-filled weekend in London, watching "Billy Elliot" and exploring :) Sounds like a pretty good back-up plan to me!
And now, back to actual productivity. Arrivederci :)