Getting excited for Ireland when I should really be doing homework
So I mentioned that I think I'm going to Ireland. Well, unless something drastic happens, I'm 99.9% sure I'm going to University College Dublin. I haven't gotten my forms yet, but that's where my application is, and they told me that UCD (Dublin, not Davis) takes forever to admit people, so it's likely I'm going there.
Bummer: School starts earlier than the England schools. I'll have to be overseas by September 3rd.
Yay: Finals/last day of classes are like mid-May or something. I've NEVER gotten out of school that early, so with any luck, I should have no problem walking in graduation in June (which, with my luck, will be on my 22nd birthday. *rolls eyes*) For example, the 2006 academic calendar says that in second semester (i.e. now), spring break is from March 13-31 (yayyyy palindrome and yayyy three weeks... take THAT, Davis and your four day spring breaks!) and commencement ceremonies (get this) are on MAY SEVENTH. THAT IS A WHOLE MONTH AND TWO WEEKS BEFORE DAVIS. I'm not sure how similar it will be to next year, but I will GLADLY go back to school in early September if it means I get to be home in the beginning of MAY!
Anyway, I'm getting excited. I'm a little dissapointed that I (most likely didn't) get into Royal Holloway, but on the other hand... when I was in Ireland, I loved it, and when I was in England, I hated it. So there you go. Besides, I AM Irish. I am not English. If I wanted to look for them, I actually have family in Ireland.
I know I should really be doing my English homework, but I'm just so excited. The meeting was today, and I'm totally stoked about going. Yes, I'm scared out of my skin, but I'm also excited. I wonder if I'll run into Dierdre. Hahaha, kidding. (She was my stepdancing friend; we met in Germany in 1995.) I wonder if I'll find any information about Luke and Martin Halloran, my great-great-great-great-great uncle and grandfather (I think, anyway). I want to learn to speak at least a little bit of Gaelic. When written out, it looks kind of like "Garlic", hahaha. How amusing.
I wonder what the students are like there. I wonder if they'll hate me because I'm American or find out that I'm a pretty nice person. I wonder where I'll be staying. I WONDER WHEN MY FREAKING ACCEPTANCE WILL ARRIVE.
Seriously. Back to homework. Mmm, but first... snack break. Time for yogurt. I bought chocolate with almonds, cheesy wontons for the freezer, and frozen pancakes (with sugarless "safe for diabetics" syrup! How exciting!) while I was at Safewizzle, so hopefully there'll be something I like. Oh, and also sugar-free oven-bake cinnamon rolls. Mmmmmm.
Need to do homework. Right. Homework. Tomorrow's gonna be a long day.
Hey! My throat doesn't hurt anymore! Finally! You have no idea how excited I am.
Maybe I'm bi-polar. I have the most rapid mood swings. Apparently, prozac made Julia bi-polar. Huh.
Bummer: School starts earlier than the England schools. I'll have to be overseas by September 3rd.
Yay: Finals/last day of classes are like mid-May or something. I've NEVER gotten out of school that early, so with any luck, I should have no problem walking in graduation in June (which, with my luck, will be on my 22nd birthday. *rolls eyes*) For example, the 2006 academic calendar says that in second semester (i.e. now), spring break is from March 13-31 (yayyyy palindrome and yayyy three weeks... take THAT, Davis and your four day spring breaks!) and commencement ceremonies (get this) are on MAY SEVENTH. THAT IS A WHOLE MONTH AND TWO WEEKS BEFORE DAVIS. I'm not sure how similar it will be to next year, but I will GLADLY go back to school in early September if it means I get to be home in the beginning of MAY!
Anyway, I'm getting excited. I'm a little dissapointed that I (most likely didn't) get into Royal Holloway, but on the other hand... when I was in Ireland, I loved it, and when I was in England, I hated it. So there you go. Besides, I AM Irish. I am not English. If I wanted to look for them, I actually have family in Ireland.
I know I should really be doing my English homework, but I'm just so excited. The meeting was today, and I'm totally stoked about going. Yes, I'm scared out of my skin, but I'm also excited. I wonder if I'll run into Dierdre. Hahaha, kidding. (She was my stepdancing friend; we met in Germany in 1995.) I wonder if I'll find any information about Luke and Martin Halloran, my great-great-great-great-great uncle and grandfather (I think, anyway). I want to learn to speak at least a little bit of Gaelic. When written out, it looks kind of like "Garlic", hahaha. How amusing.
I wonder what the students are like there. I wonder if they'll hate me because I'm American or find out that I'm a pretty nice person. I wonder where I'll be staying. I WONDER WHEN MY FREAKING ACCEPTANCE WILL ARRIVE.
Seriously. Back to homework. Mmm, but first... snack break. Time for yogurt. I bought chocolate with almonds, cheesy wontons for the freezer, and frozen pancakes (with sugarless "safe for diabetics" syrup! How exciting!) while I was at Safewizzle, so hopefully there'll be something I like. Oh, and also sugar-free oven-bake cinnamon rolls. Mmmmmm.
Need to do homework. Right. Homework. Tomorrow's gonna be a long day.
Hey! My throat doesn't hurt anymore! Finally! You have no idea how excited I am.
Maybe I'm bi-polar. I have the most rapid mood swings. Apparently, prozac made Julia bi-polar. Huh.