A big hearty and belated Merry Christmas and Happy new year to everyone!!! I hope you all ate and drank far too much and spent time with loved ones. We stayed in for almost 9 days (minus going for turkey dinner at nick's parents on christmas day). I loved every second of it. My wish is that everyone i know will be as happy as i am ( Read more... )

Well I am finally finished my masters thesis! After such a long battle I am finally all typed up and handed in. The past 3 months have been long and hard and I am sad to say that I no longer want to be an ecologist ever ever ever again. I think the past 2 years have given me a real kick in the ass. I have met and am friends with too many ( Read more... )

The saga of my writing goes on and on and on and on ( Read more... )

Well everybody it has been sometime since my last posting and a whole lot has gone on. For the next 3 weeks I am a masters student! YAY! What does this mean???? Well the PhD of my dreams was more like a nightmare.....and everyone says that but in my case it really was one of those "rare" stories that you hear about. So I decided back in March ( Read more... )

so far so good. nick is the most amazing and supportive man in my whole wide world. we are looking at a new house in the country! its not big but its bigger than what we are in now. So i hope that it all works out. so far thats the best thing to happen for us in the past 2 months. so much shit has come and gone (hopefully). but we are here ( Read more... )

right...so sorry to have seemingly abandoned you all. I have just been really busy with my 3 part time jobs, getting settled with nick, and finally this university thingy that i came over here for in the first place. but alas this will not be a full update as i just got in from work and am exhausted. funny how you feel that way after a busy day ( Read more... )

dont know what all to say.... been working lots, been working lots at the university and been raining lots more. I didnt really grasp how green ireland really was till i began biking 8miles a day in the rain. Moss even grows on all sides of the tree! We have had so much rain even the locals are thinking of growing webbed feet and gills! ( Read more... )

Hope all got to ring in the new year with good friends, loved ones and in good health. We had a nice quiet evening at home with friends and were watching the BBC footage of Thailand and Indonesia..... makes one exceptionally greatful for the blessings and fortunes of what we have ( Read more... )

Well it has been some time since i have had the opportunity to update my journal. Much has been happening. I got a shitty part time low paying job in a flower shop but it pays money. with the holidays i have been working some crazy hours. I had an amazing christmas with nick and his family. We ate lots of food, had lots of wine, and i got some ( Read more... )

my goodness i have been neglecting my duties for updating my journal. I have been both busy and lazy at the same time. I love being in the lab but am not liking the reading so much. God damn does reading important shit ever take alot of time and energy. Plus the life sucking force that is 18 hours a day of darkness and grey sucks the energy out ( Read more... )