Flooded with Water and Wishes Come True

Right now, water has almost reached the apartment buildings door. The river has flooded and because of that, the dam has broken. Remember when I used to live in that other apartment building? They are being evacuated because the rain has crept into their rooms. River Lee is raging outside and has completely overcome the paths slightly above it. I've never seen anything so high. People are freaking out. My roommates were so excited that they dragged me out of my room to look. *I  was even granted access into the elusive M&M's room in order to see the wreckage more clearly*. Now you know that's serious. Luckily I am on the third floor and will not be touched!

Now that the water has been covered, on to the wishes! A few nights ago when stepping out with some other girls to meet Mary's visiting mother for a drink, we were asked to be photographed by the Evening Echo. Confused yet thrilled, we gladly posed and were told that it would be in the Cork paper quite soon. Today, our picture was in the society pages!! I have bought a copy and hope to scan it into the blog. It was so cool. I feel like the Newsies scene where they all crowd around the article pointing to themselves. How bout that, I'm the King of Cork!

Other wishes I do not wish to jinx but I think most of you know of the upcoming dream come true for me soon. I'm heading to London on Saturday and will not have internet. I come back Tuesday yet I will be leaving for Brussels that Wednesday until Sunday. So it will be a brief but worthy hiatus, dear readers!

You know you love me.
XOXO, Gaelic Girl

Flash Mob

I previously mentioned how I would be performing in a flash mob on Saturday. For those who do not know what a flash mob is, this Flash Mob to Sound of Music is a perfect example. Ours went swimmingly without a hitch. It was so much fun and full of adrenaline. If you have the means, I highly recommend it. Here are some pictures taken by a random bystander that I happened to find. By some luck the section Shayla, Kelly and I were in was filmed and photographed an unusual amount compared to the rest of the very large flash mob. I am wearing a bright yellow scarf with a grey jacket and my hair down if that helps people identify me! The song was Mr. Blue Sky by ELO (love you Patrick!). I knew I had to do it when I found out a flash mob was a) in Cork B) on St. Patrick's Street and c) to one of Patrick's favorite songs of all time.

 

 

 

 

 

That video is the one on Kelly's camera that Claire took and you can't really see me very well except for towards the end of it. There are many different versions of the mob on Youtube if you put in some combination of Cork and flash mob and Mr. Blue Sky. Some of them are better than others.

This video shows me some as well. All of the others except for the REDFM (which shows the extent of the flash mob rather than any individuals) seem to show glimpses of me or at least flashes if you are quick to spot. I'm not going to post them all since you will most likely get sick of Mr. Blue Sky but check them out if you want. Comment if you can find me!


Article about the mob in the Irish Examiner!

You know you love me.
XOXO, Gaelic Girl

What's a fella to do? My hair is blonde and my eyes are blue

Oh, Galway. You know how to throw a concert. Shayla and I left on Friday from Cork to visit Abigail alone. No problems were had and the bus ride was surprisingly smooth. Armed with the scones we had made the previous night and a new book, I read and napped until we arrived. Abigail was great meeting us at the train station and showing us around. We walked all around the city and took numerous pictures. Somehow we ended marching in a protest that was going on? Not quite sure but we couldn't avoid bumping into it. The city itself is great and very different from Cork. I think its because it feels a tad more rural along with it being smaller? I'm not quite sure but I liked it a lot. If only it had been warmer! The cold has come upon us but it was particularly intense while we were in Galway. Luckily Shayla and I had prepared for such eventualities and packed extremely warmly.

We stopped Dashboardinto the claddagh museum on our walk and hit up a small cafe before we met up with the other Galway HC girls for dinner. At the cafe, we all got a chance to catch up and hear what the other was doing. I'm envious that it seems like everyone and their dog from HC is going to Paris for New Year's but I wouldn't trade one minute of my going home for it. Not even so I could ohsocasually drop into conversation that I was thinking about doing Paris for New Year's- NBD. no big deal- for those who are wondering.

Meeting and hanging out with the other girls was really great as well. The restaurant we went to was a superb choice by Abigail called Milano's that served Italian food. The apartment they live in is amazing. They call it the Penthouse Suite if that gives you any indication. I don't know what they are going to do when they have to go back to Holy Cross.

 After lounging around awhile, we all headed out to a pub called the King's Head where live music was playing. They had a great band singing some covers. Abigail happened to see someone from her high school way randomly and it turned out to be a group of kids from Notre Dame who were studying in London visiting for the weekend. One was from Texas! He said he went to Nolan and lived in Fort Worth but we couldn't really hear each other since the music was so loud.

After that random run-in, we had another when we saw another HC girl --from Cork (Erin-whose birthday it was while ago) -- who we knew was visiting Galway in a pub that we went into. We took a picture that had most of us.

Shayla and I ended the night early so we could go visit the CLIFFS OF INSANITY/Moher on Saturday. That post is coming tomorrow!! Trust me, it will be worth the wait.

You know you love me.
XOXO, Gaelic Girl