don't stop believing, hold on to that feeling.

i'm sick with the flu :( it's a pretty sad time actually.

so, the spanish are leaving one by one, and going back to their homeland. thankfully a few of them are sticking it out here, so that's good. the spanish learning will continue.. i'm sad about the ones that have left, but i've somewhat started planning my trip to madrid at the start of july to go see them, so it's okay. i'm thinking that i'll hop over to lisbon for a few days while i'm over there to check it out. i'm getting sooo excited for backpacking. i keep changing my plans around though. planning everything feels like a big math problem, because there are so many things i have to take into account. i'm for sure going to italy to see greta, my roommate, but she's leaving her city for a few days to go to her uncles wedding. i'm thinking about getting an InterRail train pass at the moment as well, i think it's going to be my best bet, but i have to figure out what type i'm going to get. i think i've more or less decided to start traveling around the 21st of july, and hit up munich, arona (greta's home) prague, vienna, budapest...and that's as far as i've gotten..most likely by tomorrow i'll have a new plan entirely. that's the beauty of doing this alone, i've got all the freedom in the world.

so works been deece. i have my first closing shift tonight, which may kill me (i work from 7pm to 4am) it wouldn't be a problem, but i just feel so drained because of my flu. i've just got a few things to get done today before work, so i think i'm going to nap for a spell. thankfully, it's been getting buiser at work, so they haven't been sending me home early, and i've been getting more shifts. finally it's starting to fall into place. i'm feeling really comfortable at eddie rockets, and i'm glad i haven't had to change jobs.

the birthday's comming up! the not-so-big 1-9. not planning on doing anything for it. i didn't book it off work, because i decided it really wasn't worth it. most likely i'll get either that night or the next one off anyway, so i'll just do something with a few people. super excited for when i get home though, because lauren's birthday is four days after, so we'll most likely do a massive thing together.

i wish time would speed up! i want it to be july so i can start traveling, but i want to have enough money that i won't be worried at all. i want to get out of dublin! out! out! out!
not that it isn't a great place. maybe it's the weather, but i've just been feeling really anxious lately.

stop and cherish this moment/it's a new day.

today and tomorrow have off work so i decided i wanted to leave dublin for a bit. i talked to my superviser about places that i could visit, and she mentioned that i should go to cork. the rest of my shift i was thinking about it, and i got super excited, so i ran home in the pouring rain (i swear, the sky opened up like nothing i've ever seen before) to look at bus costs and times, hostel's, things to do in cork, ect. i was ready to book everything when i decided to check the weather..rain. lots and lots of rain. i was rotted.
but now i know the next time i have two days off in a row that i'm going to go somewhere for sure. just peace it. maybe not cork, who knows where..

today i started to actually plan my trip, and i'm starting to get excited! my roommate and i were looking at flights, trains, ect. to see what the best deal is. hopefully i score some super cheap things with ryanair or whatever..fingers crossed! i'm glad that i'm doing this by myself, and i'm pumped for visiting my roommate in italy for a while! it'll be such a nice break, and i'll get homemade pasta and pizza, so i'm pretty much just going to sit at the table and eat for my entire time there, but greta said that it's allright, they'll love me if i do that. Also her mom's a hairdresser, so she's going to do my hair and stuff! can't waitt!!!

works getting much better. i've started to wear my piercing during my shifts, and no one even says anything, so that's really good. it was getting to be a pain to take it out and put it back in all the time. i'm getting more used to everything, and it's getting buiser, so when it gets slow, they've been sending other people home, and not me.

umm..nothing more to say really..i wish time would speed up, so i could start traveling!! i love dublin, but there's been drama that's been getting me kinda down..