May 2009
9 posts
home again home again jiggity jig..
“reunited and it feels so good…”
I’m so glad to finally be home. I had the most wonderful reunion with my family and friends. I got to spend three wonderful days with my lovely roommate before she heads off on her own international adventure and am convinced that we can now both survive the summer.
I’m still adjusting; reuniting with all the people I love and missed...
the final countdown
“It’s the final countdown duhduhduhduh dadadada duhduhduhduh dadadadadadada…” You get the idea.
I’m going home in exactly 6 days and, let me just tell you, the anticipation is intense! I am so excited for my last week in Dublin. I have only 2 more days of forcing myself to study microeconomics, one day set aside for packing most of my stuff, and then 3 days with the...
April 2009
3 posts
surprise!
Yesterday I got a surprise package in the mail from my wonderful family. Oh, what a treat to open that little box and find so many goodies to get me through my last three weeks in Dublin! On the very top was a beautful little green sweater and a fun skinny yellow belt. I’m rockin’ that sweater tonight…we are going out to celebrate a birthday among us. My momma was so sweet to...
Counting down...
I looked at my calendar this morning and counted 22 days until the 17th of May. The 17th of May is a very big day. On the 17th of May, I will wake up and get my eager self and my likely stuffed suitcases to the Dublin airport for one last flight. On the 17th of May, I fly back over the Atlantic Ocean to the oh-so-familiar comfort of my country, my state, my town, my house, my friends, my...
Welcome, Spring, I've missed you so!
It is officially April, as you should well know, and the sun is streaming into the window of my little room in my apartment on campus at UCD in Dublin, Ireland. That’s right folks, I’m still here and enjoying each day more and more! Now that April has sauntered into my life for the twentieth time, I am psyched about the potential that the next few weeks hold. The slightly warmer...
March 2009
22 posts
“Awake, O sleeper,
and arise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you!”
– Ephesians 5:14
I should be studying, but instead I'm going to...
Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I would get to visit Italy…especially in college! It is just one of those places, ya know? The cities you dream about vacationing to one day when you are rich and have tons of time on your hands, ha. Well, I didn’t exactly cruise through Italy in style…but I experienced two fantastic Italian cities and will never forget the few days...
Guten Tag Berlin!
We arrived in Berlin at the ripe hour of 8:00am and, after a brief moment of panic at the sight of airport signs in German, proceeded to the passport check line. When the nice German officer opened my passport, he smiled and chuckled at the huge smile I’m sporting in my passport photo. “Very nice!” he said upon looking up to find the same smile on my face. What a nice welcome to...
Loving London
So we were on to London next, by bus actually which was a little less than enjoyable…but it saved us a lot of money! We were greeted by a typical London shower and news that the underground line we needed to take to our hostel was closed due to construction. No worries! We just pulled out our maps and went about figuring out the bus routes. After getting directions from some lovely ladies at...
Lively Liverpool
Right, so let’s start with this little gem of a city that sits right on the northwestern shoreline of England. Recently named the European Capital of Culture, Liverpool just screams color at every turn. Seeing as how we just hopped across the Irish Sea into England and didn’t exactly escape the dreary weather of the British Isles, the lively colors splashed throughout the city on wall...
February 2009
13 posts
a tidbit for you...
Hello friends and family! I miss you all very much this week, and I wanted you to know! I think I can attribute it to the fact that my homework load increased by 1000 for the next two weeks before spring break. And seeing as how writing research papers is the last thing I want to be doing right now…it makes me want to be home even more. But alas, I have to remind myself that I would be doing...
“So we make it our goal to please Him, whether we are at home in the body or away...”
– 2 Corinthians 5:9
reflecting and learning...learning and...
My first lecture in human resources development about three weeks ago was focused on learning: the importanceof learning in human resource training and development, approaches to and methods of learning, and ways to become life-long learners. We received our first assignment at the end of class - to keep a reflective learning log based on content presented in four of the first six lectures. If you...
“May I be continually surprised by your work in me and satisfied by only you.”
Galway, I'm glad to have met you...
Galway, the cultural capital of Ireland, lived up to its nickname. I visited the city on the west coast this weekend with some friends and we had a swell time! I wasn’t sure how much of the city we would really get to experience in the short visit that we had planned, but I think we covered the bases pretty well. The bus station in Galway sits on Eyre Square, the center of the city that is...
January 2009
15 posts
“stop…listen…and take notice of the world around you”
– a loving friend of mine :)
meeting Maggi...
On Friday our group headed out on a bus to Gorey, a town about an hour south of Dublin in County Wexford, to stay with host families for the weekend. I could not have been matched up better with anyone else but Maggi Condren. Daisy and I had the pleasure of staying with Maggi and seeing the town through her eyes, and it was a fantastic weekend. The host families met us when we arrived so we all...