without the fam...

Sunday was my first day with the program. So far so good! Phew. Haha.

There are 8 women and 8 men in the program, with four apartments of four. Each apartment is two bedrooms, a living room/dining area, a small kitchen, one bathroom, and a small balcony. The funny thing is the apartment I was assigned is the same apartment I stayed in with my mom, dad, and brother.

I am living with Jenna and Krista in one room and my roommate is Mary-Marshall. Our view is spectacular. It overlooks a lot of the city and onto our little narrow street below us. We’re only the fourth floor, but since there aren’t too many high buildings here we can see pretty far.

A lot of kids in the program got here a little early yesterday, but I was still with my family. I met up with them at around 2:30 to check into our apartments. At first it was only Jenna and me since Mary-Marshall’s flight was cancelled and Krista was a little bit late. After a quick nap for those who were still jetlagged (yay for finally adjusting to Ireland’s time after a week and still appreciating a good nap) we had a quick meeting with the faculty advisor. Then as a group we decided to venture to the grocery store. It was around 8:30 on a Sunday night, so it was a dismal task and we ended up at Subway and buying only a few groceries.

We then got together as a group in our apartment, enjoyed a bottle of wine as a dip into legal drinking (turns out I am the only non-21 year old on the trip, but still exciting) and watched Shaun of Dead. It was a really good time getting to know everyone on the trip.  I have a feeling it’s going to be a really good time!