Dear xAndra,
Thanks so much. Hopefully, I'll be done soon. I'm just taking a little break from a paper to write this. I'm a little brain-blocked and not liking where the paper is going, so I'm hoping a little break will get it back on track. ;)
Sounds like your first semester at college has been a resounding success. Of course, I don't mean to jinx it before your results are in, so I'm sorry. But I'm sure you did fantastically so woohoo and congratulations. Go home and celebrate with some hot chocolate and A Christmas Story for the two of us.
Last week, I went to London with a couple of friends. I got tonsillitis, so that was an adventure. But they dragged me all over the city anyway, and I'm delighted that they did. Sometimes you have to hit rock bottom before you can pick yourself up again. I headed to the doctor as soon as we landed back to Cork, and I've now been on antibiotics for a few days. I realized in the middle of the day yesterday that I could swallow without pain, and that was a beautiful moment in my life.
Other than that, nothing much is exciting around here. Most of my friends have gone home for the holidays, with the exception of my housemate, the boy, and a couple of Irish peeps who are working in the city. If I can get these last couple of papers finished, I might actually be able to hang out with everyone. Woohoo!! xx
Anyway, I can't wait to see you either. What's going to happen to this blog when we're actually in the same house for two weeks? It's gonna be weird!!! Can't wait though. Maybe we could just sit down and decorate it together. Or take a million stupid pictures to make a new background. Or play with Angus for hours and post those pictures all over it. So many possibilities.
Alright, I'd better run. But I'll see you in five days.... xx
Love always,
SarleX
Monday, December 16, 2013
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Happy Finals!
Hi Sarah,
I hope that your finals are going well. I'm very excited that you're coming home soon! I can't wait to see you. It's been way too long! I just got home yesterday and I'm not leaving again until the second week of January. So I'm home for a good, long time :) I already miss my boyfriend and friends, but it's nice to be home.
I thoroughly enjoyed looking through all of your Thanksgiving pictures on Facebook..looks like the night was a success! You looked quite happy in all of the pictures :) I'm happy to be done with all of my finals and I believe they went well. I had two yesterday and I turned in a paper and then left around 2. Mom and I stopped in a little town on the way home that she had shopped in the day before to do some shopping. The town is called Ligonier and it's very quaint. It's almost like Cabot Cove except without an ocean. There are no big name stores there, but all little privately owned shops which is very nice.
Anyways, I'm very much looking forward to seeing you soon, sis. Have a good rest of the semester.
Love you bunches.
xoxo
Xandra
I hope that your finals are going well. I'm very excited that you're coming home soon! I can't wait to see you. It's been way too long! I just got home yesterday and I'm not leaving again until the second week of January. So I'm home for a good, long time :) I already miss my boyfriend and friends, but it's nice to be home.
I thoroughly enjoyed looking through all of your Thanksgiving pictures on Facebook..looks like the night was a success! You looked quite happy in all of the pictures :) I'm happy to be done with all of my finals and I believe they went well. I had two yesterday and I turned in a paper and then left around 2. Mom and I stopped in a little town on the way home that she had shopped in the day before to do some shopping. The town is called Ligonier and it's very quaint. It's almost like Cabot Cove except without an ocean. There are no big name stores there, but all little privately owned shops which is very nice.
Anyways, I'm very much looking forward to seeing you soon, sis. Have a good rest of the semester.
Love you bunches.
xoxo
Xandra
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Thanksgiving Exists!
Dear xAndra,
I'm so glad to hear that you liked my last post. I really hadn't sat down to give any kind of deep spiritual spiel or advice whatsoever; it was really just word-vomit (or thought-vomit) all over the blog. I'm glad it was appreciated it in the end.
I'm hoping that you had a lovely Thanksgiving after all that. I know it probably seemed incredibly short, but you'll be home again for an entire MONTH for Christmas soon enough! More homemade- read: fatty and delicious- food to come, more family, more hometown friends, more ME... so get excited. Though I'm sure you're also probably sad to leave school for an entire month. I can't remember actually; during my freshman year, was I more excited or less so to go home for Christmas? It seems like it's that perfect time, you're just getting into a comfortable routine at school and you feel like it's a shame to interrupt it. But at the same time, I remember a lot of little things were frustrating me, about my roommates, my professors, my general schooling situation, and I couldn't wait to "get back" to the house and "normalcy" (of course, that never happens...). But I bet you'll be surprised. You see, every single semester at college is different, and every time you get comfortable in any one place, you're suddenly surprised to find yourself in a new situation, new friends, new commitments. It's part of what makes college awesome, but it's also part of what makes it fly by. One year seems like two, and four seems like a million. You look back and wonder how your friend group has changed so many times and how you could've ever gone out as much as you did back as a fresher. ;)
Our Thanksgiving was a great, big success. I'll hopefully narrate the whole thing over on SEDiva soon enough, but since that probably won't actually be soon enough, I'll give you the highlights. E and B came back to Cork again (they should just move in, seriously) for Thanksgiving. They got to the house bearing gifts of shop vouchers and alcohol, right as the housemate and I were finishing up a couple of things in the kitchen. M and K's couple friends all came over, and the boy came over as well. Unfortunately, we didn't have enough seating to put everyone at the same table, though we tried and tried desperately to find a way to do it. In the end, my friends and I were all seated at the "kiddie" table, and it worked out great. We laughed the night away over champagne (brought by the boy, along with glasses, such a nice touch ;)) and turkey and Dad's stuffing. We had a thousand leftovers and a million laughs. It was great craic.
E and B stayed one more night, and we tried to go out. But the three of us were utterly exhausted. We managed to stay out until the bars closed, and I think we should've gotten a medal or something because I didn't think we were going to make it awake. They left Saturday morning. It's super tragic knowing that they won't be back again after we've had so many adventurous visits.
Now I'm just trying to buckle down and finish all this work before Christmas. As it is, I will probably be finishing an assignment or two over the break, but at least I have some January due dates, just in case. Wishing you all the best with your work! And wash those Christmas socks; we're having a movie night in exactly 16 and a half days!! xxx
Love you bunches,
SarleX
I'm so glad to hear that you liked my last post. I really hadn't sat down to give any kind of deep spiritual spiel or advice whatsoever; it was really just word-vomit (or thought-vomit) all over the blog. I'm glad it was appreciated it in the end.
I'm hoping that you had a lovely Thanksgiving after all that. I know it probably seemed incredibly short, but you'll be home again for an entire MONTH for Christmas soon enough! More homemade- read: fatty and delicious- food to come, more family, more hometown friends, more ME... so get excited. Though I'm sure you're also probably sad to leave school for an entire month. I can't remember actually; during my freshman year, was I more excited or less so to go home for Christmas? It seems like it's that perfect time, you're just getting into a comfortable routine at school and you feel like it's a shame to interrupt it. But at the same time, I remember a lot of little things were frustrating me, about my roommates, my professors, my general schooling situation, and I couldn't wait to "get back" to the house and "normalcy" (of course, that never happens...). But I bet you'll be surprised. You see, every single semester at college is different, and every time you get comfortable in any one place, you're suddenly surprised to find yourself in a new situation, new friends, new commitments. It's part of what makes college awesome, but it's also part of what makes it fly by. One year seems like two, and four seems like a million. You look back and wonder how your friend group has changed so many times and how you could've ever gone out as much as you did back as a fresher. ;)
Our Thanksgiving was a great, big success. I'll hopefully narrate the whole thing over on SEDiva soon enough, but since that probably won't actually be soon enough, I'll give you the highlights. E and B came back to Cork again (they should just move in, seriously) for Thanksgiving. They got to the house bearing gifts of shop vouchers and alcohol, right as the housemate and I were finishing up a couple of things in the kitchen. M and K's couple friends all came over, and the boy came over as well. Unfortunately, we didn't have enough seating to put everyone at the same table, though we tried and tried desperately to find a way to do it. In the end, my friends and I were all seated at the "kiddie" table, and it worked out great. We laughed the night away over champagne (brought by the boy, along with glasses, such a nice touch ;)) and turkey and Dad's stuffing. We had a thousand leftovers and a million laughs. It was great craic.
E and B stayed one more night, and we tried to go out. But the three of us were utterly exhausted. We managed to stay out until the bars closed, and I think we should've gotten a medal or something because I didn't think we were going to make it awake. They left Saturday morning. It's super tragic knowing that they won't be back again after we've had so many adventurous visits.
Now I'm just trying to buckle down and finish all this work before Christmas. As it is, I will probably be finishing an assignment or two over the break, but at least I have some January due dates, just in case. Wishing you all the best with your work! And wash those Christmas socks; we're having a movie night in exactly 16 and a half days!! xxx
Love you bunches,
SarleX
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