September
In September I moved into my new student abode in
Inchicore, where Fitzy, Sam, Sean and I continue to live in domestic bliss. I
was tickled pink by the old fashioned fireplace in my bedroom. After a year in
grey, impersonal student halls, this was a serious improvement. Prior to this,
Shannon, Sorcha and I made the trip down to Wexford to stay at Shannon’s family
holiday home on the beach. We even went for a swim and nearly got hypothermia
and died. I also had to learn to cope with two 9am land law lectures, and
knuckle down (or at least appear to be knuckling down) in order to give my
request to be sent to Berlin on Erasmus more weight.
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| Freshers' week |
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| On the beach in Wexford |
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| Party over here |
October
I turned twenty, threw my first house party with my new
housemates, and found out that I would in fact be going to Berlin on Erasmus in
September 2014! James Vincent McMorrow played a gig in the chapel in
Trinity in aid of mental health week, a gig which Ruairí and I were lucky
enough to attend. Words always fail me when attempting to describe it; it was
really something special. Charles, our French friend from Berlin paid Dublin a
visit and stayed Chez Moi. On Halloween, I dressed up as an asparagus by
painting myself green and wearing green clothing, and saw a rat in my local
Tesco in Inchicore.
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| Gorilla, Asparagus and Someone Famous |
November
Absolutely nothing comes to mind when I think of
November, which is worrying as it was just last month. I mostly remember
feeling frazzled, exhausted, and emotionally drained, but a German class trip
to Belfast offered a brief reprieve from all that. Belfast is a fun city.
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| Law n German on tour |
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| Belfast City Hall and me |
December
Christmas jumpers and an endless stream of “Twelve Pubs
of Christmas” pub crawl invitations on Facebook. Nuff said. London Grammar with
Kieran and Thomas in the Academy, Law and German’s Christmas dinner spearheaded
by the wonderful Annie for which I made pavlova, a lovely quiet Christmas with family, and a visit from Sorcha and Shannon whom I eagerly await as I type this.
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| Melon starter |
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