Three Months Down. Am I irish yet??

So last time we spoke I was raging off my birthday weekend and sorry to disappoint but I haven't had anything to exciting since then. Let me fill you in.

I can't really remember anything too exciting form the weekend of the 8th except that I went to Kildare Outlets and saw some pretty towers and Cathedrals. However, i started helping out another family in my free times. They're friends with my current family and there's 3 of them, all boys, ages 6,4 and 6 months! So I'm basically doing double duty at two different houses but it's a lovely change of scenery!

Then, last weekend, Helena and Hermance csme all the way to county Louth to see the ever fascinating place I live. I picked them up at the bus station and we walked about 10 mi Utes into Ardee and had lunch at one of my favorite spots in town. We caught up on the past week and booked our hostel for New Year's Eve in Dubs! Then we got a taxi back to Tallanstown which only cost 9 euros! When we got there, my host mom had dinner ready along with snacks and drinks for us to have for the night! She left us the house and said she would be back to drop us into Dundalk for our night out. So we went to dundalk so I could show them the night life and I think we had enough fun for how small the town is haha. Then we got our favorite Taco Fries and hailed a taxi. We said we were going to tallanstown and he said 30 euros so we were like heck yeah! Then when I was giving him directions he was like "this isn't tallanstown, I should have dropped you guys on the road" and I was like what kind of person drops girls on the side of the road. How rude. So we ran out of the car as fast as we could and went in to eat our taco chips. Then the next day, we struggled to get them a ride to the bus because no one was available and for some dumb reason taxis don't run on Sunday's. Ober it. But it all worked out and we had a grand weekend over all.

Then the next week was uneventful but Helena and I went to Sligo on Saturday. Worst idea ever. We didn't get in til half 3 and barely had time to do anything. It was a 5 hour bus ride and we were just wrecked. But the lady at our hostel was so nice! We wanted Chinese take away so she ordered some with us and paid our delivery fee! That was our favorite thing about Sligo. We went out to a few places that were playing whack music and the girls were sloppy and falling all over the places. And to make it worse I bought new shoes and my ankles were shaking by the end of the night. I did get a cute new Jean jacket for 5 euro out of it so it wasn't completely a fail. Now, if I never go back to Sligo in my life It wouldn't phase me. Now I'm back with the new family until tomorrow and Helena, Julie and I are off to try Cork and Kerry in one weekend!

3 months have flown by and I'm loving almost every minute of it. I've got 9 months to go so I'm not letting it go to waste. December is supposed to be icy and colder than ever so if anyone wants to send me some warm clothes I would love you forever! Now in honor of my 3 months I will share some of the lingo I have learned!

Now- said in front of a sentence or just by itself randomly.
Come here- not actually meaning come here but said before telling a story or asking a question.
Loads- a lot, hella
Wee- little
Bit- pieces as in "i can't find the other bits"
Grand- great! Fantastic!
Fabulous or lovely- commonly used to describe food or smell or look
Sweets- candy
Chips-fries
Crisps- chips
Your man/woman- talking about a person as in a pronoun
Give out- to scold
Nappy- diaper
Wellies- rain boots
Pram- stroller
Boot- car trunk
Buns- cupcakes or muffins
Biscuits "bickies"- cookies
Press- cupboard or drawer
Cooker- oven or stove
Plat- hair braid
Plaster- bandaid
Wrecked- exhausted
Fecking- I bet you can guess what that means

These are just a few of the words I have added to my vocab!
Stay tuned ya'll!

This is what a hostel in Sligo looks like

 When they came to visit 

 The front yard at the other house

Babies love to sleep

Aodhan before his haircut

 A beautiful tower in Kildare

Kildare cathedral 

Kildare

It's chrismas time!

Nobody likes you when you're 23??

Wow! What an amazing birthday!
They say no one likes you when you're 23 but I was definitely feeling the love this weekend.
However, the week prior, I worked about 70 hours so I was in great need of this weekend.

So my host mom had a crazy work schedule last week. Where she worked two night shifts then had a day off then worked two day shifts so The kids missed her too much and took it out on me haha.
The older one, Aodhan had the week off of school because they have a bank holiday for Halloween over here. So I basically had the kids from Saturday until Wednesday and it was the longest week of my life. I haven't has Internet for a week and a half because I took up all the data on the mobile wifi. Oops. However, the weekend definitely made up for it.

So on Halloween I took a bus into Kilkenny to kick off my birthday weekend! My first bus broke down on e motorway so we had to wait for another one to get us. Then, I missed my connection so I had to hang out in Dublin for a few hours. Which wasn't too bad! I got to Kilkenny at about half 6 and was waiting for Hermance and Helena to meet me there. While I was waiting' I made my classic 'gingerbread woman' Halloween costume and hung out in the pub that was a part of our hostel. They got there a little after 8 and we had dinner and then got ready for the night!

We went to a couple pubs before we found one that was having a Halloween party and playing th best live music ever! And we were basically the only girls there so that was something that kept out attention haha. We ended up meeting a group of guys from Armagh wich is up north who were there celebrating a stagg. The three of us left to find some taco fries and then turned in for the night about 1 o'clock.

The next morning we got up to start our day! We had a delicious breakfast at a cafe down the street. Then we walked to visit Kilkenny Castle. Wow it was Gorgeous! We took a tour and got to see the history of the castle and see some of the original architecture. It was such an amazing experience. After the tour, we went down to lunch and then headed out to find something else to do. We walked down the street and found the Smithwick's factory which of course we had to take a tour of. At the end, we each got a pint of beer which of course I didn't drink haha. Then I went and got a pre-birthday mani-pedi and we got dinner. That night we went out again and got lots of free drinks since it was almost my birthday! Then I made the girls walk all over the city basically so our feet hurt just a wee bit by the end of the night. We again got some taco chips and resided back to our hostel at about half two in the morning. Which was by then, my Birthday!!

Sunday morning we woke up and remembered it was my birthday! We slept in til about half 10 and then Hermance had to leave us because she had work the next day. Helena and I realized we had done everything already so by 3 in the afternoon we were both tired and ready for a nap. We slept a good bit and then woke up feeling refreshed and ready for the night. We went to dinner and a pub which left us feeling excited about the night! We went back to the hostel and I put on my birthday dress and Tiara and was feeling ready. We went to our favorite pubs and found some guys to give us advice on what to do. They basically followed us the whole night but I wasn't complaining. Something about the curly red hair man. You would think they would see enough red hair in this country but apparently not. We went back to our favorite live music pub where they sang me happy birthday and we ended the night in the main club in Kilkenny called Morissons. I had an amazing birthday night.

When I got back to my house the next day, my host family had a red velvet cake and presents waiting for me! It was such a nice surprise. The cards and letters I recieved from my family back home made my birthday even more special. Thank you mom, dad, papa, grandma, Oregon Lampsons and the Ericksons for my cards and gifts! And thank you to my girls Hermance and Helena who came and celebrated with me. Thank you for all the birthday wishes. It was truly amazing!