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!