friday was the postgrad ball and it was a lot of fun. after work i relaxed and then went over to kara's to get ready, her roomate eibhleen did my hair and makeup, as well as kara's. we had fun drinking a bottle of wine while getting ready. so around half 6 we headed over to classic where the pre-party was. and it was funny because neither of us really knew anyone going, but we each ran into a few people. i first saw dan, who is also a history postgrad, but doing something different than us and i know him from work, because he is on the societies guild so talked for a few minutes. then kara pointed out a girl beth- who she met at registration, who was also american and then she came over to talk to kara. then i pointed out a girl, and i was like i think she was my friend val's roommate 2 years ago, and then emily actually came over and was like i think i know you, and i said you were val's roommate.. so we laughed and talked about being postgrads and such. it was actually pretty funny :)
so after the bus to rochestown park hotel, where the ball was, we had a great time. i also ran into an american girl i knew from the mountaineering club, who was here with a friend. so dinner was great, lots of funny conversation and laugher, our table wasn't full so we named the 2 empty seats and just split the food among ourselves and made up a great story about the couple. so after dinner was the dancing and it was great fun, i miss dancing like that. the band was pretty good and then after the band was a DJ. i ran into a bunch of people i knew from work from the guild, so was laughing and hanging out with them too. so it was a fab night of dancing and having fun! so after kara and i headed back home, it wasn't until 3.30 i got home, so i was exhausted but had such a super fun evening :)
and in more exciting news, barbara and scott had the twins :) yay! they were born friday night, a girl - erica grace and a boy - daniel john. so yay! for new baby cousins, who knows when i will see them probably christmas, when they will be 9 months old. oh well. but i can't wait to see pictures.
saturday slept in and it was fabulous :) then i watched the ireland-wales 6 nation rugby game. silly ireland, they played pretty crappy, but it was a close game they lost 16-12. they were saying it was going to be a close match, but grrrr. then kara and i ventured off to big tesco in wilton, it was a fun adventure, it really wasn't that far, and for it being a big tesco, there wasn't much more there than the one in the city centre. oh well. then after we made dinner and i had a chill night, because i was up to hike in the morning!
sunday we were meeting at 7.30, the extra half hour really does make a difference, wow. the forcast wasn't the best and it was kinda rainy and cold. 26 people showed up for cloon lake, which was supposed to be an epic 27 km. so we get there and break up into 2 groups a shorter, fun group, which we kept calling easycore, because softcore just doesn't sound right, then the easier 27km hardcore group. i wanted to do the whole thing, but i was in a blah mood after the bus, so i started with them, but after about 5 minutes i was like nope, as much as i want to do the whole 27km i don't want to be sprinting it and not enjoying it. so i walked back a bit to where the easier group was behind and joined them, i was in the mood for a fun hike. and as we walked we picked up 6 other people, so we grew! the hike was fun we laughed and joked and threw snowballs and enjoyed the view of the reeks, at the top there was snow :) and also we hit a ton of hail and then it was snowing, so no rain until we were coming down. yay! took a ton of amazing pictures, the reeks just looked fabulous next to us, we tried to get orla to hike the reeks instead driving down, but i am SOOO looking forward to the reeks ridge hike next weekend! YAY! unfortunately k2 sprained her ankle about 3 km away from the bus, luckily it was just going down through bog, so catriona and i helped support her, sam gave her piggybacks and colin fireman carried her over the river. then we had a while to wait for the other group, so we attempted to go for a walk, but some cows got in our way, so we went and bouldered and talked, until it started to rain. so all in all it was a fabulous day :) yay for hiking!
today at work was just hilarious. all the guild people were in and out, because the clubs/socs ball is thursday, i was selling tickets all day for the ball and the philosoph society was in and going crazy because the debate tonight. they were supposed to have david irving come, he is a writer who has written historical books, with his most famous and controversial about the holocaust not really happening, and it is some interesting stuff and he is banned from a bunch of countries for his views. so they wanted to have a debate with him, and it has been achieving huge national press. so friday it was decided that he was not coming pretty much by the college and the garda (police) and so they are still hosting the debate, just on free speech. so i'm heading to that in a few minutes, especially since i have heard so much about this event the last few weeks. its been funny because philo people will be in and at the same time so would some of the organisations holding protests against him coming to campus. apparently today in the same spot on campus across from each other was the political organisations against him telling people to still boycott it, and the philo people promoting the event, so work was just funny with everyone being very punchy and laughing a lot. so it should be interesting tonight!
i'm excited for the clubs/societies ball on thursday! yay for a fun night with the uccmc and getting to see everyone all nice, and then everyone i know from work too. 
my favourite picture from saturday. the reeeeeeks! how gorgeous? seriously?
i love the mountains!
the cows that got in our way, they were sooo cute :)
me hugging ireland :)
kara and i at the postgrad ball :)and for more photos check out my photoblog - http://www.photoblog.com/speedsters
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Yey! You look fabulous darling.
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