Well, after multiple trips to Walgreens to pick up last minute items, I am rapidly coming closer and closer to being all packed! I am dead tired from the zillions of trips up and down the stairs i have made from my bedroom to my suitcases and from cleaning up my bedroom which was a complete disaster area from trying to decide what to take. I also made a pile of clothes that can be given to Goodwill because they no longer fit or I never wear and are just taking up space....therefore a very productive afternoon.
Earlier this afternoon, my mother and I went to see the movie "Leap Year." Upon first seeing previews in December, I was intrigued by the fact it took place in Ireland, but thought it looked like just another predictable romantic comedy and didn't really have any serious interest in seeing it. However, I recently read a review of it and while it led me to believe that yes indeed it was just another story of girl-meets-guy-but-at-first-finds-him-annoying-and-vice-versa-but-then-they-change-their-minds-and-fall-in-love, it said it featured wonderful Irish scenery, of places in Ireland I have heard of and want to visit, so I was like why not? I ended up really liking it all-in-all. It was pretty funny, and of course, there was a good looking dude in it. "P.S. I Love You" may have made me want to go to Ireland first, but I gotta say this movie hands down trumps that movie with Irish scenery. I guess that's unfair since most of "Leap Year" takes place there, but I digress. Oh, and I also kept whispering to my mother about things I knew about Ireland from my preparations, and how they made it seem like it wasn't going to take all that long to get from Dingle to Dublin when the two are on opposite sides of the country from each other. Oh well. The point of this story I guess is it got me 10 zillion times more excited since it was a glimpse of what awaits me over there. I was starting to feel a little nervous this morning, and my mom gave me a "good luck" card with a bunch of shamrocks and so there were a few tears, but thanks partly to this movie, I feel more calm, and I think it even made my mom want to visit more. She has toyed with the idea, but it's definitely a matter of money. I don't want her to feel obligated, but it'd be awesome if she did.
Well tomorrow we are headed to Eau Claire. I am running a few more errands, having lunch with Nikki, a friend from H.S. and maybe hanging with Ellen if she gets off work early in the afternoon. Then we are staying at some friends overnight before I catch my shuttle to MSP. I'm nervous for the goodbye with my mom....I'm afraid I'll get way too emotional. I am tearing up as I write this lol. I keep telling myself with the Internet, we'll be in touch nearly as much as when I am at Eau Claire, we'll just be 4,000 miles away instead of 100 something. ;)
Well, to sign off, I think I will post a poem that was in the St. Patrick's Day card my parents sent me last year:
The Little Roads of Ireland
by Katherine Edelman (born in Co. Tipperary, Ireland)
The Roman roads run outward from the city on the hills,
And Holland's roads will take you by gaily painted mills,
Small pathways of the East will lead to China's ancient wall,
but the little roads of Ireland are the loveliest of all
In Normandy small roadways through flowering orchards run,
The ancient roads of Syria flash under shining sun,
And winding beauty lingers where the Rhine and Danube roll-
But the little roads of Ireland entwine around your soul.
From Dublin Bay to Galway, from Cork to Derry town,
From Antrim to Killarney, they ramble up and down
And though you are ten thousand miles
from where they twist and wind,
the little roads of Ireland stay forever in your mind.
Next time you hear from me, I will be in Ireland! :)
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