id cards, clubbing and hiking

thursday was a very interesting day, i had registration in the morning which went surprisingly well. the only thing that wasn't smooth was when i went to registration when i should have gone to the international student office first, which i wasn't told about, but the line wasn't too long and i got my id card! yay! sooo exciting :) now i can use the library and the gym!

so i walked into the library and i was so impressed. the brand new library just opened and they did an amazing job! i am very very excited to go in and read because they have comfy couches and chairs now, and its a lot nicer looking and i just love libraries. i also opened up my irish bank account and walked around campus a little, i need to register my laptop with the campus so i can get wireless on campus,

so after that i went over to clubs day and i helped out and handed out info on the mountaineering club and talked to people. it was crazy! there were so many people and it was fun talking and joking around with everyone too. wednesday night was also fun at tom barry's and crane lane, talking and getting excited for the first hike and i also saw a few more people for the first time in a long time.

so thursday night i went out with grainne (my housemate) and her friend aiofe. it was so much fun. we drank wine and watched friends and talked and then went to havana's, a club in town. it was good music, not too crowded and it was fun. i hadn't been clubbing in a while and it was great to go out and have fun.

friday i met up with kara and went into the city centre and ran some errands and went for tea. it was great to talk about home and what we are studying and get excited about the disapora and research. when i got back everyone had gone home for the weekend and i was tired, so i just relaxed and watched some rugby. saturday was extreme lazy day and it was nice to relax and do nothing. i did laundry and cleaned the kitchen.

sunday was the first hike with the mountaineering club of the season! yay for bouchail. it was pretty nice weather, kinda sunny and a light wind. 84 people were out for the hike, and kara did come, so that was exciting! i didn't really get to talk to her until the end, because we were on different busses and went in different groups. but i went with emer, ger and karen and our group was pretty awesome. it was really funny because there were so many masters students in our group and i also met a guy doing a history masters. the hike was fabulous, this time i hiked straight up what i went down last time by the pond and it was nice to be out hiking again. i seriously missed it. the bogs were grand and one guy in our group had a slight encounter, but it was funny. after on the bus i met a guy from NAU, it was really funny. it is such a small world. We stopped at a pub in Killarney and had tea and snacks and watched the end of the ireland-argentina rugby match. sadly ireland is out of the rugby world cup now. then the bus back to cork, where i went to the pub with a bunch of people. so it was a great first hike and met a lot of fabulous people.

tonight i am headed to the rowing meeting, we'll see what happens, then off to the wall to climb! YAY!

very excited for class tomorrow and to finally be getting started! YAY!