I have arrived in Ireland and I am doing just fine. I wanted to update everyone on my travel here and my safe arrival. The time difference is hitting me hard this trip. I think I allowed myself to nap for too long but then sleep for too long today! (Sorry Elsa!) So I went to bed at 9 woke at 1, went to bed again at 3am and slept until 1pm and am tired again at 9pm!! Either way, I'm definitely going to bed early tonight because orientation starts tomorrow at 10.
My flight was fine. I sat next to a small child, which I am always weary of, but she was great, didn't cry at all. I did have to wake her to go to the restroom during the flight which made me feel like such an awful person! I met Alain on the flight, who ended up waiting for me through customs because I said I wasn't sure about how I was getting to school. I had met some girls before the flight, but the size of their pickup car was questionable at best and there were 2 girls plus suitcases in that car. Alain offered to take me to school and I obliged! As crazy as it sounds, it ended up being lovely. His dad picked us up from the airport, Alain had been in Vermont snowboarding, we spent 30 minutes traveling to his house, which is on the way to Coleraine (where my school is located). We went inside his house, it was beautiful, met his dog, very nice, and his mom, a teacher at the University had a meeting it so happened in Portrush, 2 minutes from Coleraine, so she drove me the rest of the way! I feel unbelievably indebted to them, but have no way of showing my gratitude because I am still trying to get myself sorted out! Either way, I feel like it was my first real connection to Ireland, besides Eamon of course!
School is fine; my room is small and sparse but quaint and I am trying to make it feel like a home. I am living in a flat with 4 other girls, of whom I only know 2. Agnes is from Angers in France, (said Anjai) and is very informed because she studied here last semester as well. She has been very kind to me, giving me hangers, plates, silverware, toilet paper and other essentials! She has also assisted in traveling into Coleraine for groceries and beauty supplies via the bus. I believe we are taking the train this weekend from the university so that we can get acclimated to using it. Alicia is from Toronto, Canada, although based on her lack of an accent I would have said she is from America! She is very sweet and highly motivated to exercise which is exactly what I need. We all went to check out the recreational facilities today and they were quite expensive which was very disappointing, but perhaps we will still join. The other 2 girls are not here yet; one is an American and the other is from the Republic but she has been vacationing with her family and won't return until Monday.
In short, I am getting along just fine here. I want everyone to know that while I am sad to be away, it is going to be an adventure and I am ready! I have Internet in my room, so please, post on this page and let me know everyone is doing okay there as well. Also, if you would like my mailing address, I can e-mail that to you. I don't feel comfortable posting it because it is the Internet, but I will certainly e-mail it to you by request from your comments or e-mails.
Also, again, my camera does not want to upload pictures to my computer at the moment. I am working on it, but failed to bring the CD with me to install the software in case this happened. It is loaded and should work properly, so perhaps when I am not exhausted I will have a stroke of genius and work it out.
Love you all, best, Megan
In place of those I can not get to work, here are some you have probably not seen!
Dad and Me getting the Canady Scholarhship and Kissa :)
5 comments:
wow, someone sprinkle some holy water or something on that cat! geez...look at those eyes, crazy beast. anyway, meg, looks like you're doing great and haggle with those bums down at the rec and get some sort of deal!!
Glad you made it there safely and are ready for whatever lies ahead! I have no doubt that everything will be fine - all the girls at "The Shoppes of Averil Place" are happy for you, but we also miss you already!!!
One more thing - my sister lived in Ireland for about 16 months and her biggest complaint was that everything was so much more expensive there - so be prepared for "sticker shock"! Hahaha!
If you have my regular email address in your files, go ahead and email me your mailing address - if you don't have it, I'll send you and email to your WVU email address and we'll take it from there. Email is way cool, as well as 'instant gratification' of sorts, but there's still something to be said for a 'real letter', especially when you're away from home!
Love ya!
Tene
Megan-I really enjoyed reading about your trip and first days in Ireland. I hope that all is going well with school, roommates, transportation, and sleep! Is Alicia a Maple Leafs fan? Tell her we said, "Go Sabres!" Miss you! Aunt Shirley
hey megan my god ur hard to get a hold of!!!! ive tried facebook, skype, hotmail and IM... so how r u, how was the flight?! and what abt ur room etc?! have u had a look around much and what r ur first thoughts?! well if i can im gona try and get up sometime this week for the day r so! well listen drop me an email or if u can call me and ill call u back!!! well i hope all is well and ill ttyl!!! Eamon
Hey Megan! Holy crap, had no idea you were even going to Ireland, but thats really cool you're there. i can't wait to see pictures whenever you get that working again. Just in case you haven't tried it, the website for the manufacturer should have the drivers for the software in a downloadable format. But I'm sure you already knew that! :) Keep posting...you've given me something new to look forward to after classes! Have fun, stay safe.
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