American Peanut Butter and Dance Classes

Hey everyone, life in Ireland is flying right before my eyes. Weeks here seem like days and keep going so fast that I just want to grab hold and slow it down for a second. I realized how homesick I was the other day when my roommate got a package in the mail from her parents. They sent her three bags of starbursts, five boxes of hot tamales, homemade cookies, twizzlers, cheez-its, gum, a bunch of valentines, and, my favorite, american peanut butter. The peanut butter here tastes fine, once you get used to the difference, but it can't beat the PB from back home! Her parents sent her a really long note and reading it we both cried because we missed our parents. The american candy helped us feel better though....haha

Since I have been feeling a little homesick lately I decided to get out and participate in something to take my mind off it. I have really missed taking dance classes and they have lots to choose from here. I decided to sign up for a modern dance class for beginners, back home that would be like contemporary or abstract sort of movement. In Ireland they do it a bit differently though...Lets just say I showed up in tights and leotard with my hair pulled up and the other girls....well they showed up in barely any clothes at all. This class was less modern and more...whats the word...hiphop video girl-esqe, but like they say "When in Rome, do as the Romans do" so I did and it felt great to be back in the studio, even if it wasn't really my style of dance. It was a lot of fun but there really wasn't any technique involved and when the choreographer is yelling 'Make it more slutty girls!', you know your not in Kansas anymore....haha All the girls were extremely welcoming and for that hour and half my mind was totally off of missing everyone and all the stress that goes along with that, it felt really really good.

We have been having a bit of a cold spell here the last couple of days, its been getting into the twenties and thirties which is quite a cool down for us. We all have a couple papers coming up (not really big ones, only like two or three pages) but this weekend we are cracking down to get them completed. Next weekend we are looking into visiting Dublin and the weekend after that possibly Scotland (Brittney I will be emailing you and I love the blog!). We are also starting to plan our spring break plans for the whole month of April so that is really exciting. If anyone has any suggestions on places we should visit I would love to hear them! I miss all of you lots! Take care and I shall post again real soon! hugs and kisses from Ireland!

-abby