Sarah Coppinger

Having an absolutely brillo time! So much has happened over the past few days! On Friday evening,one of the girls that was staying in my house was outside talking to her friend on her phone (the girl she stayed in a room with was asleep & she didnt want to wake her) and two men in a red van drove up and cornered her into the wall & tried to pull her into the car! You have to understand, there is literally NO lights around our house at all! She managed to escape into the house anyway, but the two men stayed outside the house for about ten minutes to see if she\’d come back out. They prob thought that she didnt actually live there. The gaurds were in our house til 2:30 in the morning afterwards talking to her, and her mam came & collected her to bring her back to Dublin the day after. She was so brave,seriously. I dont know if I could have coped if it was me! There are loads of students here from UCD, Marino and Pats now so its so brilliant making new friends. Last night we all went to the pub together. About 150 of us! Afterwards we had a seisiún outside the pub playing traditional music and dancing. It was so much fun! We have a table quiz together tonight too, so Im looking forward to that.Thats all the news anyway. Ill be home on Thursday, so I can fill everyone in on the rest of the news then. Slán! xxxxx PS: Thanks for the attempt at the aul Irish Dad! Ill teach you some more when I get home coz I think Ive improved a lot since I got here!

Well, the weather here is so crsp! Everyine is absolutely diein. Susans poor mam is worried sick about her being freezing coz she has glandual (dont know if thats the right way to spell it!) fever. Ah but we\’re looking after her anyway. Joannes dieing with the flu but it wont stop her from going out every night! Its so wierd, there seems to be no girls living in Carraroe at all and Susan was talking to a \”native\” last night and he was saying that thats the way its always been. Its really strange. All we\’ve been doing is going to classes during the day and then going home for dinner and out to the pub for a little while afterwards. There genuinely is NOTHING else to do at all! We had dancing last night, and everyones feeling the pain today! My arms and legs are so stiff even though we did warm ups first! Not sure what we\’re doing for Paddys Day yet,we\’ll have to get a plan organised soon though! We might be going into Galway City but yeh never know! Well,Ill love yall and leave you. Slán!

Well,in the Gaeltacht at the mo,this HAS to be one of the coldest places EVER! Everyone is dieing of the flu already and we\’ve only been here three days! The craic is 91 though. The classes are a great help and tonight we have Irish dancing so I can brush up on the stuff I forget from the eight years I did it for! Ill keep yiz posted anyway on the goings on

Well,Im off to the Gaeltacht tomorrow for two weeks, so for the benifit of Dave,Ill try my hardest to post more entries into my blog to let him know how Im gettin on, depending on whether theres a computer I can use. It\’ll be fun!

Well nearly three weeks has past…I cant wait until its three months! In the space of three weeks I dont understand how a fella can sleep in a train station, meet a superstar, loose all his money, miss the last boat, catch malaria,and get into a fight! Seriously Dave, you really dont do things by half! Get well soon!

Happy Valentines Day Davie baby! I love you loads! Hope you\’re enjoying your trek. Be good!

Well,I just rang Dave & he was absolutely locked! It was so funny! He wouldnt let me go! Id say it\’s the weirdest feeling being drunk in a room on your own with no one to talk to…

Seriously,my life is so boring right now! Im dreading the weekend! I hate the way all of our friends have gone away at the same time! Anyway, I cant believe Dave missed his train to Chaing Mai…the first time he has to be trusted to be somewhere on time without me telling him to hurry up & hes late! How typical! Thats boys for yeh! I suppose,at least it means he\’ll get to experience what its like to sleep in a train station…thats a real adventure.

Well, they\’re gone. I hope they have a brillo time & look after themselves. Im living for the 20th of June already! It will DEFO be the best day of my life!

Well today I went into town with my friend Ais who is also going travelling to some of the places with Dave. Shes leaving her boyfriend behind too Ill miss our girlie chats & cups of tea so much! I seriously cant believe that its only a week to go…its starting to really freak me out that this time next week they will be on their flight! Yesterday, Minty (the lad thats going travelling with Ais) broke his collar bone so god only knows how hes gona carry his bags! Its mental! The poor thing!…….

Ive been finding it really hard to sleep lately. I think its coz I\’m so worried about my baby going away I cant imagine what I\’m gona do without him being here with me! I\’ll be like a lil lost soul….

This website was designed by my darling boyfriend Dave. It is going to be used by me as a lil diary for him as he is going travelling for a while. It will be handy for him to keep up with all the \”gossip\” from home! Anyway,I hope all you guys enjoy it. =o)