Whoops!
Well, I just discovered that I've been under the wrong impression for the last few months. My language class does not start on Monday, July 13th--it starts on Friday, July 18th. This means I have to figure out where I'm staying from the 13th to the 18th. There are several options, I can a. ask one of the friends (Cernac had offered floor or couch space in the event it was needed), b. add yet another exciting leg to the journey (funding may prohibit this), or c. stay in a hostel or someplace cheap in Dublin itself since I have already bought a plane ticket to Dublin for the 13th of July. (note: this could be changed or cancelled probably if I act soon). I'm not attempting to figure that out, but first I'm checking 1. the arrival date of my summer funds and 2. the time and date of the shuttle leaving NUI galway for Carraroe (b/c I want to make sure I don't have to be here a day or two early). Once I have these two vital bits of data I can finish out the plan. I looked at the original e-mail received from the program and it did say July 18th, I don't know how I saw 13 instead of 18, but it'll be alright since I definitely got the end date correct (I'd shudder to think about how hard and expensive it would be to change that flight, especially since AA is involved.