Last Week

I have just one week left in Galway. I can't even begin to describe the overwhelming emotions I've been feeling. I have made such wonderful friends here this semester and I've truly started to feel at home here. I can't imagine going back to the way life was before, and I don't intend to. I've been changed this semester, and so I will return a changed person. We are all being sent to various corners of the globe, but we will remain friends across the distances. We will write to one another and maybe someday get to visit the faraway places that are still just stories for now. And someday we will all be reunited together again, and we will get to be together for eternity. That is the best thing of all. I have been so incredibly blessed this semester and I am so grateful for each opportunity I was given. The time went by way too fast, but we made the most of it and we have some wonderful memories. For that I am so truly grateful. To all my Galway friends, I love all of you so much! Thanks for an amazing semester. I can't wait to see you soon.

Visitors!

I'm finally getting some visitors this semester! All of my friends and roommates have had family and friends visit them and now I finally have some coming to see me! I am so excited!!! My dad and my sister will be here in less than two hours and I couldn't be more impatient. I love playing hostess and tour guide but I am also anxious for them to come because I said goodbye to my third and final roommate today. If Dad and Olivia weren't coming I would be by myself for more than two weeks! So thankful that that is not the case. In preparation for this visit I spent the day baking cookies, cleaning the bathroom, and doing laundry. I can't wait to show them around Galway tonight and tomorrow! We will then head off to Kilkenny, Cork, and Kerry where we will see my family's old farm and homestead. We we also be checking out the Rock of Cashel and seeing the house where my great-grandmother was born and raised! So excited!!! The biggest adventure will be watching Dad navigate driving on left-hand roads! Should be fun. They leave early on Sunday and then I have less than two weeks left. Slightly sad, but I'm not going to think about that yet.

Photo Safari

Some friends and I went on a photo safari tonight. Check it out here

Saying Goodbye

I hate goodbyes, I guess I'm just no good at them. And today I had two of them, pretty big ones too. I had to say goodbye to two of my dear roommates. These girls have been such a big part of my life these past four months. I don't know what I would have done without them. They made me laugh, they were always there for me when things got rough, they watched out for me and they kept me accountable. They were some of the best roommates a girl could ask for. Many great memories were made and I will forever be changed by their friendship. I will miss you girls! I love you both bunches.