The Adventures of Big Red in Ireland!: 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