Seriously, They do not appreciate it and finding the plant that is supposed to counter the sting is hard! So when your 'ractically perfect' program director says to touch the nettles, stare at him and say, "You're the leader... you first." I had this thought while watching, yet again, one of my peers pet the nettles... with Barry encouraging more to do the same. I am saddened by this because they ALWAYS touch it!

In other news!

I kissed the Blarney Stone! No tongue-it was our first encounter after all. Besides, there was an audience so I decided to play it coy. :-P Blarney Castle was amazing! I could have spent all day there- and I almost did and that is why I ended up crawling back to my apartment at 2:34 am. I realized that the most common phrases I have said on this trip besides "what are we doing tonight/right now/ tomorrow/ this weekend/ Friday has been either "I'm gonna die..." "This is dangerous." "This is the best (insert noun here" ever!" And "Let's make a party out of it..." We've had drinking parties dish washing parties, laundry raves, I'm-just-getting-back-from-a-party parties, dinner parties, BBQ party/birthday parties... pretty much any time between classes is attempted to be made into something fun.

I'm hoping to get homework done so that from Wednesday on all my thoughts can be on making the most of the time I have left here. Paul is coming o wednesday and I want to squeeze a weeks worth of stuff into the time he has here because he was so awesome to fly over just to visit and I really want him to have a good time so it's worth the money,

East Ireland- Been there, done that.
West Ireland- Been there, done that.
South Ireland- Been here, done that.
North ireland- Not yet.

Quote of the day: So things are peaceful, the scene is pretty much set, the reader is relaxed so boom, scream, stab, the husband is shot by the father-in-law, the bride jumps off a cliff, her father hangs himself and you've got a story.