This was the first Thanksgiving that I wasn't home for and while that was kinda sad, we in Galway all got together and made up for it. We started by taking the table from next door and moving it into our apartment. The tricky part was it wouldn't fit through the door…and since the apartments are next to each other, we opened our balcony doors and passed it over the railing, above the road, and in. Then with three of us working in restaurants and banquets, we set it very nicely.
The ugly sweater party that I somehow found out about too late and missed
at the pub on campus
A few pictures around Galway:
One day I was Googling road races in Galway, and found a "Santa Dash 10K" so for 25 euro I signed up and ran it. It was really fun; the hardest part was wearing the santa suit they gave us because it was sewn together very well, so everyone's pants ripped because our strides too big. On a strange side note, there was somebody running it while smoking a cigarette, so that was weird. There was a 5K and a 10K at the same time and we all started at the same time and our chips only recorded our finishing times, so the results are all one page. But after looking at it and eliminating what I think are the 5K runners, I finished 141/451, so that's alright.
Nothing too much else is new. There are 17 days left until I fly back and between now and then I have four essays and one test to take. I try to write 1,000 words/day and study a little bit (altogether the essays come to 9,500 words) so nothing too exciting is going on. I am done traveling outside of Ireland for good, but am trying to get to Cork before I leave because I heard it's beautiful. And since Christmas is coming: