Finally here!

I have been promising that I would write a blog to keep everyone updated on my ramblings and adventures while I am here in Limerick, so here it is. It turns out that it will actually be easier on me to keep everyone who wants to stay in the loop or just occasionally check up by keeping a blog than e-mailing/Facebook rambling/Skyping everyone individually and all the time, so here we go! Don't worry-personal time with Sarah WILL be available, I just don't want to be tied to my computer 24/7. Kinda messes with what I'm trying to do by going to school over here!

The flight (and the super long layover at JFK) went completely smoothly. It's a good thing that I flew in when I did because any flight that was scheduled to land in Ireland after 9:00 AM was cancelled due to the air traffic controllers here going on strike.

I won't lie, I got homesick. However, this feeling of dread and "oh my God what am I doing here?" only lasted about five minutes. Once I got new sheets/bed cover/etc on my bed, put my stuff away and hung up my Gamecock towel, I was completely fine. Now I just need to try and accept the fact that I am living in a house where the main color scheme is orange. I also made my first trip to the City Centre and got a little bit of necessity shopping done. Turns out, here in Ireland, you have T.K. Maxx instead of T.J. Maxx. I have also been five days now without seeing a Wal-Mart! Sure, they have the equivalent of it, a place called Dunne's, but it is in no way Wally World. Yay.

I'll post some more as the week goes on. Classes start tomorrow and I'm ready for it! I haven't been in school for almost two months now-hope I didn't get TOO lazy over break!