Okay okay an update!
I haven't, really, since I got back. Which I SHOULD have because lo! I'm in a different country and it's noteworthy but MOST PEOPLE KNEW THIS.
Yes, I'm currently in Georgia and have been since the 13th. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE BEST PART IS? It's the thing that everyone's been ranting about since I got here: The completely unseasonable WARMTH. It was slightly cold for like, 3 of the days I've been here. Otherwise it's been in the 60's/70's which means I have been BASKING and going around in t-shirts and tank tops and on one occasion, my gaucho pants that are, you know, not full pants. We went to Midnight Mass last night and I wore a sleeveless dress with no jacket and was just fine (though I noticed I was the only one in the church to make that decision and was questioned a few times by my parents as to whether I'd be warm enough). I have been DE-FROSTING and really, I hadn't noticed how cold I'd REALLY BEEN for the last 3 months. Acclimating is a wonderful thing and I've been wearing the summeriest clothing I can to avoid doing it here. My GOAL is to keep that slight chill now, which is counterintuitive, but still a bit logical, I think.
That said about the weather, my Christmas haul was largely composed of Winter Clothing. Which is awesome because of the aforementioned tendency to freeze. I also got a rain coat, which I may or may not remember to wear on account of the fact that I lived through those three months without either a raincoat OR an umbrella. Though this is a coat designed to go over OTHER coats which should help. If I remember it.
And speaking of clothing, I brought mostly dirty clothes back with me from Dublin because laundry is SO expensive and I just outright did not have time to do it before I left. So I unpacked my bag, washed my clothing, and for some reason figured the most logical place to keep it to prevent the cat from peeing on it (this does happen, he peed on my two warmest sweaters the day before I packed to leave in the first place and I didn't get them until HALLOWEEN. Oh the cold!) is right back in the suitcase. Most of my drawers are packed tight with god-knows-what and my closet has ALL SORTS of stuff in it and I'll have to pack again eventually anyhow, so it works.
And speaking of that suitcase, at the point I got on the plane to come home I hadn't slept in almost 3 days. It was AWFUL. I was so tired! Combination of packing, writing an essay, Christmas shopping, dinner, one last night out and the fact that we left halls at 5:30 am just weren't conductive to a night's sleep. I got a few naps of 2ish hours over the course of that period, but still. I was existing by the grace of strong tea by the time the opened my gate (at which point I was on my third cup). Goooood times, rofl. Being home has been nice though, it's good to see everyone!! Though I am looking forward to going back. Because, well. It's Dublin!
I spent Sunday through Tuesday this week in Statesboro hanging out with people and having a generally good time. Spent lots of time with Steph which was super awesome in lots of ways, though her love of Twilight makes me giggle. And I found Beamish at the Fast and Sleazy!! SHOCKING!! (A Cork stout, for those of you not in the know. Consistency like Guinness, flavor a bit more like coffee or chocolate and the company has just closed its doors so finding it was DOUBLY SURPRISING AND EXCITING! I got to introduce JD to it, which was hella fun. :D) Tuesday evening I chilled with Jessi and Metro and Bee's Knees in Augusta again. THIS weekend we're going up to Greenville, NC, because that's where the family's moving in the next year. This UPCOMING Tuesday Steph is coming up from Statesboro for New Years here and maybe dragging a few others with her (JD might come and I'm trying to talk Jesse into it and Jessi might come too if she's not gone back to Texas! This should be an AWESOME NEW YEAR) and on the first I go back to Dublin at 8 pm. I might get to see some of the Statesboro folks that are in Atlanta for the hols earlier in the day. I'm hoping so!
So, that's my life of the holiday season in a nutshell. There is much more, but I'm lazy and this is quite long enough!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Yes, I'm currently in Georgia and have been since the 13th. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE BEST PART IS? It's the thing that everyone's been ranting about since I got here: The completely unseasonable WARMTH. It was slightly cold for like, 3 of the days I've been here. Otherwise it's been in the 60's/70's which means I have been BASKING and going around in t-shirts and tank tops and on one occasion, my gaucho pants that are, you know, not full pants. We went to Midnight Mass last night and I wore a sleeveless dress with no jacket and was just fine (though I noticed I was the only one in the church to make that decision and was questioned a few times by my parents as to whether I'd be warm enough). I have been DE-FROSTING and really, I hadn't noticed how cold I'd REALLY BEEN for the last 3 months. Acclimating is a wonderful thing and I've been wearing the summeriest clothing I can to avoid doing it here. My GOAL is to keep that slight chill now, which is counterintuitive, but still a bit logical, I think.
That said about the weather, my Christmas haul was largely composed of Winter Clothing. Which is awesome because of the aforementioned tendency to freeze. I also got a rain coat, which I may or may not remember to wear on account of the fact that I lived through those three months without either a raincoat OR an umbrella. Though this is a coat designed to go over OTHER coats which should help. If I remember it.
And speaking of clothing, I brought mostly dirty clothes back with me from Dublin because laundry is SO expensive and I just outright did not have time to do it before I left. So I unpacked my bag, washed my clothing, and for some reason figured the most logical place to keep it to prevent the cat from peeing on it (this does happen, he peed on my two warmest sweaters the day before I packed to leave in the first place and I didn't get them until HALLOWEEN. Oh the cold!) is right back in the suitcase. Most of my drawers are packed tight with god-knows-what and my closet has ALL SORTS of stuff in it and I'll have to pack again eventually anyhow, so it works.
And speaking of that suitcase, at the point I got on the plane to come home I hadn't slept in almost 3 days. It was AWFUL. I was so tired! Combination of packing, writing an essay, Christmas shopping, dinner, one last night out and the fact that we left halls at 5:30 am just weren't conductive to a night's sleep. I got a few naps of 2ish hours over the course of that period, but still. I was existing by the grace of strong tea by the time the opened my gate (at which point I was on my third cup). Goooood times, rofl. Being home has been nice though, it's good to see everyone!! Though I am looking forward to going back. Because, well. It's Dublin!
I spent Sunday through Tuesday this week in Statesboro hanging out with people and having a generally good time. Spent lots of time with Steph which was super awesome in lots of ways, though her love of Twilight makes me giggle. And I found Beamish at the Fast and Sleazy!! SHOCKING!! (A Cork stout, for those of you not in the know. Consistency like Guinness, flavor a bit more like coffee or chocolate and the company has just closed its doors so finding it was DOUBLY SURPRISING AND EXCITING! I got to introduce JD to it, which was hella fun. :D) Tuesday evening I chilled with Jessi and Metro and Bee's Knees in Augusta again. THIS weekend we're going up to Greenville, NC, because that's where the family's moving in the next year. This UPCOMING Tuesday Steph is coming up from Statesboro for New Years here and maybe dragging a few others with her (JD might come and I'm trying to talk Jesse into it and Jessi might come too if she's not gone back to Texas! This should be an AWESOME NEW YEAR) and on the first I go back to Dublin at 8 pm. I might get to see some of the Statesboro folks that are in Atlanta for the hols earlier in the day. I'm hoping so!
So, that's my life of the holiday season in a nutshell. There is much more, but I'm lazy and this is quite long enough!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!