The Grind

Real life has taken a bit of a backseat this month. Note that I define 'real life' as everything not involving school / work :)

My group made a science blanket for a term project! This picture is hilarious.

My second semester here in the UK ends this week, so there have been a lot of busy days finishing up final projects and essays. Starting today we *technically* have a month off, but their system is outrageously evil and plants exams right at the end of this month-long break! Pat and I had intentions of doing a fun trip to Tanzania or Turkey, but have decided to be boring (and also a bit more fiscally responsible) and have booked a trip to Ireland for a week over Easter. Pat's grandmother was born in Ireland and we have always wanted to visit, so we figured if not now - when?! (Also this assuages my guilt slightly that we haven't ventured past the Greater London area in terms of travelling around the UK and Ireland in the past 6 months!)

The plan

We will be renting a car in Dublin - don't worry, we paid to upgrade to an automatic as learning how to drive on the WRONG side of the road plus driving a manual would be asking for trouble. From Dublin we head south to Cork, up to Limerick and Galway, and then back over to Dublin to finish off the circle over the course of about 7 days. I'm so excited to see the Cliffs of Moher and eat lots of fresh seafood... and learn how to properly pronounce 'Moher'.

So many people have recommended going to Northern Ireland, especially to see the Giant's Causeway, but I don't know if we will be able to fit it in on this trip. We have booked some actually nice hotels (no hostel bunkbeds on this trip! movin' on up in the world) so it may be tempting to just sit and relax. I bought The Girl on the Train and it is KILLING me to not start reading it, I've heard that you can't put it down once you start so I have to save it for the trip and not destroy my productivity for the next few days.

My parents are also visiting at the end of April so it's going to be a fun month or so ahead (minus the whole 'exams' thing)! I should probably start studying... Wish me luck!

Instead of studying I'll just take pictures of my stack of notes. That sounds productive.