In need of a break

This is my fourth week of school? I am thinking it is, but however many days and minutes and seconds I've been back in school, it feels like a lifetime.  They've got me running around and reading and getting up earlier than I feel comfortable doing.  Man, who do they think they are? Just kidding, but really, I am tired.  

The video business is done and over, or at least my part.  My part involved lots of running around and doing silly things like picking up alligator heads and food and models and whatever else we needed.  It was hot the first day, then cold the next, and then the generator broke.  We had to add an extra day, which was probably for the best in the long run.  So now that the video is done, and I've quite my job (two more weeks!) I know I am still going to be busy.  Did summer or the last eight months of my life even happen? It feels like a dream.

Lina is getting bigger yet peeing on carpets and what not as if we just picked her up.  She has however stopped screaming/crying as much which is a major advancement.  Bradley pays attention to her more but still chooses his long dog naps during the day as opposed to letting Lina bite his ears with her puppy teeth.  

As the days wear on, Chicago is starting to feel like Chicago again.  The winds have shifted and layers are being added to my daily wardrobe.  Soon enough I am going to have to riffle through my storage room and find all my winter clothes.  I suppose everything else in my life is coming up roses. If only I could figure out how to add more hours into a day.

ughhh

This is my last week of lectures for the semester. I have no finals but luckily for me I do have four more papers and a group project, all due in the next two weeks. So in an effort to avoid the library I took up my friend Ariella's invite to a cocktail/house warming party in south Dublin this past weekend. Getting to see how non students live is always nice, plus we ended the night at a horrible yet funny club. It had fake palm trees, arcade-esq carpet, and every neon light ever created plus they played every song from those club mixes that you see in infomercials.
Other than that I've been trying to read/do research, plan out some travels for May, and just hang out. 3 Euro drinks are gone from the school bar so a bar down the road picked it up, so new Tuesday hang out, also I never want to eat chipper again (fast food), oh and NEVER go see The Orphanage unless you really like being scared, but go see Shine A Light if you like music esp. the Rolling Stones.
I just realized that I haven't posted any pictures of my school or things and places that I do or go to in my everyday life so I am going to try to do more of that. I neglected to think that normal things I do are as interesting if not more than the random things I go to or see. So more everyday pictures will be happening.

Beautiful look at the Helix (right) and the northern part of campus.

Middle of campus with the Library at the far end. Really not the prettiest campus.

IES took me to dinner. It was the good-bye dinner for everyone else except DCU. I think wer're the black sheep of the IES family but whatever, I got a drink and dinner out of it.

The place was a really nice Italian restaurant. My cab driver kept telling me this. There were also wine bottles hanging from the ceiling.

Its 15 Euro for a pitcher of Heineken and a very large bowl of really good chicken wings. If you ever go to Dublin be sure to hit up the Ivy House in Drumcondra . Good craic, good food, you can't go wrong.

No pictures from the cocktail party but plenty from the weird club. The whole night was a lot like this, blurry and creepy/funny with a lot of neon. I actually know this guy so he's not a random club creep.
This guy I do not know. He and his friend hijacked my camera for a few minutes and preceded to take pictures with Ariella and I. After this the night basically ended, Ari and I weren't able to dance to cheesy music anymore and the boys were well locked. Good thing for taxis.