Hello before Goodbye

Hi everyone!

Just a quick hello before I leave for IRELAND in an hour! I know it's been awhile since I last blogged, with the exception of my prayer request post, so I thought I would just give a quick summary of how things have been here...

Things have been good here, which has not been mirrored in the weather, as there have been random bursts of bad storms and hail the last few days. Papers are still a struggle to complete, but my classes are enjoyable and the content; interesting. There hasn't been anything really new to relay, but I have been working on planning spring break with Hannah and Laura, the Eau Claire ladies I will be travelling with. So far we know we will go to Barcelona, Spain, the first weekend, then fly to Malta on a Tuesday. We already have tickets booked for those two places, and we know where we want to go after Malta, but we are having difficulties getting OUT of Malta! Oh, well, it will all work out. Gotta keep the faith!

Living arrangements have been made for next year, which for me, is a major stress-reliever as I was completely beffudled by how to go about signing up for a room and with my roomie and all that jazz. But apparently, I was one step ahead of myself and filled out the forms prior to leaving for study abroad. Go me. As you all know, I didn't get an RA position that I had applied for last fall, but out of perceived bad things come good things... wonderful things. I'll get to spend another semester on my friend Lindsay's wing (great friend and RA! yay!), room with my friend Jess (double yay!) and be joined by our friend Aimee and some other really amazing people (triple yay!). So, yeah, a lot of yays, but that completely describes next fall. I'm excited at the prospect of going back to the States and Eau Claire and being surrounded by good friends. That's one of the things I dislike the most about Winch Uni - haivng a single room and not being near friends. Next year is going to be awesome.

Well, friends, now that I have shared pretty much everything that is going on here, it is time for me to say goodbye and finish getting ready to leave for Ireland... so...

Goodbye! Ciao! I'll be back in a few days with more tales of travel adventure to tell... this time of the Irish sort :)