July.

It's officially July as of 37 minutes...Strange.

which means that in a month and 18 days i will be moving out and into mayfield. even stranger...

im not quite sure how i will feel when it ACTUALLY happens...i hope im as excited as i have been lately. i cant stop thinking of how much fun it will be to finally get to BE in college. not just watch others do it...im in down old and my roommate is Claire Stitt. i dont really know her but i know her bf ben bergstrom real well and he is a great guy, so im sure we will get along...

im so ready to be home! i dont even know what to do... Caeriah is sleeping right to my left and im just thinking of how much i will love taking her AND jack on walks together and having them play and knowing jack wont be lonely when im gone. i just hope that i will love them equally! i was thinking about that today. i mean. they are dogs. so its not THAT important, they wont know. but. how do humans do that? i always have favorites. you know? i mean. i have friends that i really enjoy being with and then people i cannot stand. what happens if i have a kid that i cannot stand? that would be absolutely horrible. but im sure it wont be like that. i think im just thinking about it too much... :)

so today is sunday. well. kind of tomorrow. its half 1 in the morning right now. so yeah. we might go to church across the street but im not sure. it would be fun. but. idk... anyways. monday is moms graduation which i will be using my freaking huge lense for to take loads and loads of pictures of her. im so proud of her! shes great! and she has worked so so hard for this. she definitely deserves it. but sadly, daddy cannot attend because he has to go pick up the graduate studies team at the airport in shannon which is like 6 hours away and he has to drive down there at like. 5. poor daddy.

anyways. not much else has been going on... we went for a walk today round the beach with Caeriah. saw some huge sea bass round the steps to the water. that was cool. Caeriah is falling over every three seconds now. haha. shes so clumsy. she just tumbles. no matter what. i love it. shes such a cuddly little puppy...she is growing though! she was 4.9 lbs at the vets the other day. and im sure now she is over 5 lbs. her paws are growing too! they are getting huge. they say she will be about 65-75 lbs when she is fully grown. that will be more than jack! haha. he is about 63-64 lbs... anyways. im sleepy. i had better go to bed. love!


love,
heather

25th of June, 2007

Well. It's the 25th of June. I go home on the 10th of July. Which means I have 16 more days...That's not too bad. But still seems like forever.

I cleaned my (and andrews) room today. He is a mess! he used to be so clean and orderly, until college. haha. i hope that doesn't happen to me! :)

Caeriah has been a little rascal today! she has been so stubborn! but she is only 8 weeks still, and is learning. She prances around the house like she owns the place. she is so cute. she is in her kennel now eatting one kibble at a time. her little tail is sticking out.

Andrew just came down the stairs about 3 at a time and Caeriah ran up to him and he is holding her now! they are so cute. I love them both! even though Caeriah isnt potty trained and andrew is messy, they are both cuties...

we are going to Travis on Wednesday! woo hoo! i love travis. i cannot wait... Daddy is making sweet and sour chicken right now. mmm! he's a good cook.
mom is getting her hair dyed tomorrow at peter mark! that will be fun too! i got mine dyed a few days ago dark dark brown with maroon and blonde streaks. I LOVE IT. its class...
Caeriah is right next to me and andrew is playing the hummingbird. so without further ado, im off! : )

love,
heather

Caeriah-my irish pup

so... i got a puppy yesterday... Her name is Caeriah. and i love her. She is 7 weeks old and is an irish golden retriever. She is sleeping right now. she is the cutest little thing ive ever seen. She isnt like jack or sammy, charley or buttercup, damien or lucy, (all the other goldens ive had). She is VERY white. and she is very calm...but at the same time she is always happy. she is so fun to be with. i love her! i havent quiteee figured out her full personality yet. but. shes very curious. but very timid. everytime somebody claps or shouts she falls over! its really cute but i hope she doesnt get hurt! :) anyways. she is crying because im not holding her so im gonna go get her... lata

love,
heather

Northern Ireland

...

i like it here.
but.
i miss home.

...

And so it is...Just like you said it would be... Life goes easy on me, most of the time...

I'm sitting here in Dundrum listening to Damien Rice and its great. I don't really care for Dundrum but its ok. Because a lot of people don't get to go anywhere over summer and i have that opportunity not only this summer but every summer and im sure if this were my first summer here i would still be very excited about it and although its my 12th, i still want to appreciate it as much as anyone else would.

Last night mollie and i decided to go to belfast in the morning at 10. so. ten oclock came round and we were like. eh. we are too sleepy. lets go at 11. so we slept some more. 11 rolled around and we were like. oh shoot. we better get ready for the 12. so 12 oclock came and we went to the bus stop only to watch our bus leave the stop as we walked up. so we were left to go on the 1 oclock bus which we made a point to get on on time. haha. we arent so good with timings, obviously.

so we went to belfast and on the bus there i was sitting in front of this old woman who started whispering things about some temple and it was quite creepy. i just looked at mollie the whole time and tried to keep conversation going constantly so i wouldnt have to hear the details about the creepy temple or whatever the old lady was talking so fondly about.

once we got to belfast we went to the movie theater to see the times of the showings for oceans 13, which was very good btw, then we went back to the europa to check the times for the bus home. we chose 6:10. our movie was at 3:40. so we went to subway for lunch and then went to claires and accessorize to look for some classy jewelry. i got some earrings and some noserings. i got my cartilage pierced two days ago and it has a diamond stud so i need a diamond stud for my nose and two for my ears. so i could match. : ) so we got those and im actually wearing them right now! i like them.

after the movie we thought we were going to miss the 6:10 bus because it was 6:03 so we ran from the theater to the bus station and found that the bus wasnt even there yet. so i went and got a sugarfree redbull and drank it while waiting for our smelly little bus to arrive.

i dont like riding the bus. they smell like old cheese. and old men always stare at you and try to sit by you and im always worrying (since italy) that they will try to steal something from my purse. (they dont, but im just paranoid now...)

Anyways. im home now and we are both safe. haha. Mollie leaves tomorrow for london the rome then edinburgh and im staying here till the last week when we will go on holiday somewhere hopefully. :/ i hope its rome or florence or even malaga.

love,
heather

June 5th, 2007-jaded, faded, all alone.

bonjour...comme ca va? ca va bien.

french. hmmmmm....i miss it.

im at ballydugan cottages...the boys are in class... so im on the internet.
its really pretty here. i like it. idk if i could stay here long-term though. especially without a car.
anyways...mollie and i have been researching Banksy ever since we saw him on the news that one day. that would be the coolest job. just going round the world drawing things on walls. esp. if everything you drew was freaking awesome. and then you dont tell anybody who you are. ha. that would be nice.

its almost nine oclock... i got here at like 6:45. seems like a lot longer than 2.25 hours.

i went on a LONG walk today all the way down to the beach by murlough house. it was a great walk. i saw a little field mouse and a huge dog walking around and lots of flowers and stuff. it was nice. obviously i dont feel like expanding on that or writing it in a way that would make me feel as if i should be an english major/minor. and that is why i am not one...

the mission trip is over. all we do is play spades and go to sites now. which isnt bad. but. ive seen it all before. and spades can only be that fun. esp when you have to play in a tournament with people and its double elimination and you get stuck with a partner who has only played once. i love faith, dont get me wrong, but. shes not the best at card games... we realized that today. : )

brad dry got in a car accident and fractured his arm the other day. thats sad! i got to talk to him and some other people on aim yesterday....hmm... what else is new. haha.

we went to castle ward today. it was nice. we took the tour and went completely through each room and looked at every little detail. it took about 2 hours...not really. maybe 1. but it felt like 2.

i realized that i like tea more than i thought today. i have had about 7 cups since this morning.

addict?

hopefully.

The Roast-Coffee Co. Belfast, Northern Ireland

well im in ireland! we are staying at the dundrum holiday homes in dundrum right now, and its great. the sports camp and kids clubs went amazingly well and they just finished last friday. we went to church yesterday and it was great, sad to say goodbye but, it was all worth it.

woo hoo! im sitting in the roast down the street from city hall in downtown belfast, northern ireland.
i love this place. i love being in a city. seriously. im sitting in a big, open room with windows all around me but behind me. and its absolutely wonderful. im here with only mollie as well. which makes it better. i do love this team but sometimes its nice to have a break. very nice in fact.

last night i played ian and jon in spades as my brothers partner. it was fun. we beat them like a wisk beats eggs... : ) thats right ian. YOU LOST. hehe. anyways. so it was fun.

anyways. i dont have much more time. i just wanted to update this.

love,
heather