Today, Barb is feeling: slightly under the weather!
boo hoo!
it is easter and i am kinda sick.
i have a stomach ache thing and i feel like i am going to throw up.
this is like the third easter in a row that i have not been feeling 100%.
but i am Dublin right now.
sitting at the hostel computer.
quick update,
flew to London, while in airport met kilted 3 scots. did get phone number of Tony, will try to stay in contact with Craig and Graeme also
in london, people suck.
nicole and i got stuck in a train for an hour when it broke down,.
we wandered around, got lost, got found, and took a trip on the Thames.
now in Dublin.
tomorrow we leave for the Paddywagon tour.
leave me comments!!!!!
love you all and happy easter!
-b
3.27.2005
3.24.2005
3.23.2005
Today, Barb is feeling: hot and sweaty again, but that is expected, it is HOT here!
it is gorgeous out right now! i love it!
ok, so continuing on from the Durham and York trip.
we left really early on Friday to get to Durham. we drove alot. when the picked up Christine who would be our guide for the days. she is really smart and knows alot, but her voice kinda irratates me. but what can you do? so we got to Durham and ran around for a long time. it was fun. i got a bunch of really cool pictures and all in all it was just good. there really wasn't anything that stoof out to me that i can remember at Durham. then we got back on the bus and went to York. we got there and checked into our hostel. there were two rooms for the females. one room (the one i was in) held 18 females. it was alot. the other room helf 16 females. so we checked in and got our beds and then we went exploring. we decided to have dinner at the itailian restraunt and it was wicked good! homemade and everything! yummy!
after that we decided to go on a ghost tour of York. it wasn't scary or anything, but it was HYSTERICAL! the guy who did it was just a stitch and made himself be really serious. it was a great time. then after that we got kinda lost. there was some drama between the chiefies in the group and it just wasn't good. but then we got back to the place we were going to meet the rest of the group, it was an 80's club. i was saddened. i had forgotten to bring my ID with me and even though you had to be 18, it you didn't look over 21 then they carded you. i figured that since i have never really been carded there would not be a problem. WRONG, problem. they asked to see my ID and since i didn't have it, i had to go back to the hostel. sad. but that was ok, becasue then i didn't smell like smoke alot and i had a chance to read some of my book Dracula for class. i went to bed around like 1 and the bed was horrible. it was the kind of bed where if you move a quarter of an inch, you can feel a new spring poking you. it was bad and since i am a roller, i kept waking up. so needless to say, i did not get a good nights sleep.
the next day after i woke up and had my breakfast and got dressed and ready for the day, there was some more drama. sarah had originally been in my group since there was only one spot left in the other group with the biggest number of our group, but then it would have been me, sarah and eric. but alas, someone (who shall remain nameless) moved sarah and just decided to tell her in the morning. so she told me and i will admit i did not like it. i was very annoyed. and so i just removed myself and Cassandra and went around with Claire and her boys Ryan and Jack. so it was me with my professor and her kids wandering around York. we decided to go on this Viking thing. it was really cool. i figured since i have some viking (i do mom and dad right? like the whole scandinavian thing) we were going to stop and we did. it was £6 but it was worth it! i have some really funny pictures that i am going to put up as soon as i can. i think that will be a big thursday and tonight plan. so i made it worth my £6. and after that we had to meet up with the rest of our group and we got to tour the walls and the outer ramparts. after that, we had a quick lunch and met everyone at York Westminster. it was cool. we got to run around with our tour guide and got to take a TON of photos. we did that and then after that we had some free time to just run around with before we had to meet up again and hop the bus back home. so i wandered around with Carolynn and Breanna. it was cool because we just kinda got lost. but then we started on our way back and since we still had a little time, i decided to pop into the York Art Gallery that was having its grand re-opening that day. it was amazing! i knew there was a reasont that i loved art. so i was there for like half an hour with the girls and after that we had to get together to walk to where the bus was waiting for us.
after we got on the bus and got settled in, we were off. on the way home, we did this Quiz that was fashioned after the Pub Quiz, but the headings were Durham, York, General history, and general knowledge. the team was me, claire, eric, and sarah. we ended up in second place. by 2 points. we were sad becaue the first place prize was playing cards. but we got keychains instead. and then we got to watch a movie on the way home. The Incredibles. such a good film! i hadn't seen it and so i was so excited that i watched it again the next day!
yea, after we got back to the house at like 10pm, there was a bonfire that was going on and so i was there for a while. since i was tired i decided to go to bed around midnight. it was a good nights sleep. i was very excited to see my bed and pillow again.
alright, that is long but what happened.
i am going to lunch now!!!!
it is gorgeous out right now! i love it!
ok, so continuing on from the Durham and York trip.
we left really early on Friday to get to Durham. we drove alot. when the picked up Christine who would be our guide for the days. she is really smart and knows alot, but her voice kinda irratates me. but what can you do? so we got to Durham and ran around for a long time. it was fun. i got a bunch of really cool pictures and all in all it was just good. there really wasn't anything that stoof out to me that i can remember at Durham. then we got back on the bus and went to York. we got there and checked into our hostel. there were two rooms for the females. one room (the one i was in) held 18 females. it was alot. the other room helf 16 females. so we checked in and got our beds and then we went exploring. we decided to have dinner at the itailian restraunt and it was wicked good! homemade and everything! yummy!
after that we decided to go on a ghost tour of York. it wasn't scary or anything, but it was HYSTERICAL! the guy who did it was just a stitch and made himself be really serious. it was a great time. then after that we got kinda lost. there was some drama between the chiefies in the group and it just wasn't good. but then we got back to the place we were going to meet the rest of the group, it was an 80's club. i was saddened. i had forgotten to bring my ID with me and even though you had to be 18, it you didn't look over 21 then they carded you. i figured that since i have never really been carded there would not be a problem. WRONG, problem. they asked to see my ID and since i didn't have it, i had to go back to the hostel. sad. but that was ok, becasue then i didn't smell like smoke alot and i had a chance to read some of my book Dracula for class. i went to bed around like 1 and the bed was horrible. it was the kind of bed where if you move a quarter of an inch, you can feel a new spring poking you. it was bad and since i am a roller, i kept waking up. so needless to say, i did not get a good nights sleep.
the next day after i woke up and had my breakfast and got dressed and ready for the day, there was some more drama. sarah had originally been in my group since there was only one spot left in the other group with the biggest number of our group, but then it would have been me, sarah and eric. but alas, someone (who shall remain nameless) moved sarah and just decided to tell her in the morning. so she told me and i will admit i did not like it. i was very annoyed. and so i just removed myself and Cassandra and went around with Claire and her boys Ryan and Jack. so it was me with my professor and her kids wandering around York. we decided to go on this Viking thing. it was really cool. i figured since i have some viking (i do mom and dad right? like the whole scandinavian thing) we were going to stop and we did. it was £6 but it was worth it! i have some really funny pictures that i am going to put up as soon as i can. i think that will be a big thursday and tonight plan. so i made it worth my £6. and after that we had to meet up with the rest of our group and we got to tour the walls and the outer ramparts. after that, we had a quick lunch and met everyone at York Westminster. it was cool. we got to run around with our tour guide and got to take a TON of photos. we did that and then after that we had some free time to just run around with before we had to meet up again and hop the bus back home. so i wandered around with Carolynn and Breanna. it was cool because we just kinda got lost. but then we started on our way back and since we still had a little time, i decided to pop into the York Art Gallery that was having its grand re-opening that day. it was amazing! i knew there was a reasont that i loved art. so i was there for like half an hour with the girls and after that we had to get together to walk to where the bus was waiting for us.
after we got on the bus and got settled in, we were off. on the way home, we did this Quiz that was fashioned after the Pub Quiz, but the headings were Durham, York, General history, and general knowledge. the team was me, claire, eric, and sarah. we ended up in second place. by 2 points. we were sad becaue the first place prize was playing cards. but we got keychains instead. and then we got to watch a movie on the way home. The Incredibles. such a good film! i hadn't seen it and so i was so excited that i watched it again the next day!
yea, after we got back to the house at like 10pm, there was a bonfire that was going on and so i was there for a while. since i was tired i decided to go to bed around midnight. it was a good nights sleep. i was very excited to see my bed and pillow again.
alright, that is long but what happened.
i am going to lunch now!!!!
3.21.2005
Today, Barb is feeling: tired and hot.
i just got done with lunch prep which means that it is monday again.
well the weekend was good,
friday we left for Durham at like 6 am. which wasn't bad since i had gotten only like 4 hours of sleep the nght before.
let me backtrack to thursday for ya
it was good.
st pattys day.
not that big over here unless you are Irish.
so i work up, class, lunch, blah blah blah.
i went so see the Woodsman. it was good. i went to see if all by myself and so that was a big thing for me to be able to go and do something by myself. so i was proud.
then after that when i got the bus back from Edinburgh i went to my moms house and had diner. it was yummy! we had soup, and like the chicken-bacon thing with corn on the cob and potatoes and the dessert was this fudge thing that was WICKED! then after that i hung around the house and talked to her and played with her dog. after a while i decided that i should go home. it was about 10pm. i figured that i could get a good nights sleep for the coming trip. but after i got back to the house, i relized that i needed to go to the cash machine and get some money. since it was kinda scary and dark i made Robert come with me. we were walking and decided that we would stop and introduce him to my mom and the dog, Maisey. since he has never had a good experince with a boxer. on the way there, we ran into desiree and so she invited herself along too. so it was the three of us knocking on my moms door at like 10.15. i knew she was still awake since i had just left her like 10 mins before and her lights were on. so we were there until like 11. when we decided that we needed to get going. from there we went to the cash machine and got some money. on the way back Robert decided that he was STARVING and so we stopped and he got a pizza and i got a pop. des got gralic bread. when we got back to the house we sat down and chomped away. so like barb didn't get into the room until about midnight. and then sarah was still awake and was going to take a shower and so we decided to have a shower party so we both took one. and that means barb wasn't back in the room until 12.45 . of course i decided to read for a while, and so that out me going to bed at 1.20. and i woke up at 5.15 so i could finish packing and everything for the coming 2 days.
that was my thursday. friday and saturday will be coming. i need to go and eat lunch.
i just got done with lunch prep which means that it is monday again.
well the weekend was good,
friday we left for Durham at like 6 am. which wasn't bad since i had gotten only like 4 hours of sleep the nght before.
let me backtrack to thursday for ya
it was good.
st pattys day.
not that big over here unless you are Irish.
so i work up, class, lunch, blah blah blah.
i went so see the Woodsman. it was good. i went to see if all by myself and so that was a big thing for me to be able to go and do something by myself. so i was proud.
then after that when i got the bus back from Edinburgh i went to my moms house and had diner. it was yummy! we had soup, and like the chicken-bacon thing with corn on the cob and potatoes and the dessert was this fudge thing that was WICKED! then after that i hung around the house and talked to her and played with her dog. after a while i decided that i should go home. it was about 10pm. i figured that i could get a good nights sleep for the coming trip. but after i got back to the house, i relized that i needed to go to the cash machine and get some money. since it was kinda scary and dark i made Robert come with me. we were walking and decided that we would stop and introduce him to my mom and the dog, Maisey. since he has never had a good experince with a boxer. on the way there, we ran into desiree and so she invited herself along too. so it was the three of us knocking on my moms door at like 10.15. i knew she was still awake since i had just left her like 10 mins before and her lights were on. so we were there until like 11. when we decided that we needed to get going. from there we went to the cash machine and got some money. on the way back Robert decided that he was STARVING and so we stopped and he got a pizza and i got a pop. des got gralic bread. when we got back to the house we sat down and chomped away. so like barb didn't get into the room until about midnight. and then sarah was still awake and was going to take a shower and so we decided to have a shower party so we both took one. and that means barb wasn't back in the room until 12.45 . of course i decided to read for a while, and so that out me going to bed at 1.20. and i woke up at 5.15 so i could finish packing and everything for the coming 2 days.
that was my thursday. friday and saturday will be coming. i need to go and eat lunch.
3.16.2005
Today, Barb is feeling: saddened..... tear
so i got my letter today about me being an RA.
i did not get it.
but i did get the Desk Assistant and WOW leader.
Desk assistant is what i was doing last year at the Info Desk and i love it.
WOW leader is just an orientation leader for the new students.
so it is not bad, but not the best either.
but alas, poor barb. she did not get RA.
oh well.
but this does mean that i will have more time for studying,
more time do work at Best Buy (hopefully i can get back when i come back),
and more time for myself in general.
the only draw back is the fact that now i need to find a place to live for the coming year, and preferably people that i will want to live with.
so, if anyone is looking for a roommate in the general River Falls area, lemme know.
i know that i should have waited until after Pub Quiz, but i couldn't help myself.
oh well.
i think i am going to go and have a few drinks tonight then.
maybe a pint and a shot. yeaaaaa, that sounds good.
so i got my letter today about me being an RA.
i did not get it.
but i did get the Desk Assistant and WOW leader.
Desk assistant is what i was doing last year at the Info Desk and i love it.
WOW leader is just an orientation leader for the new students.
so it is not bad, but not the best either.
but alas, poor barb. she did not get RA.
oh well.
but this does mean that i will have more time for studying,
more time do work at Best Buy (hopefully i can get back when i come back),
and more time for myself in general.
the only draw back is the fact that now i need to find a place to live for the coming year, and preferably people that i will want to live with.
so, if anyone is looking for a roommate in the general River Falls area, lemme know.
i know that i should have waited until after Pub Quiz, but i couldn't help myself.
oh well.
i think i am going to go and have a few drinks tonight then.
maybe a pint and a shot. yeaaaaa, that sounds good.
Today, Barb is feeling: kinda sweaty.
i just got done with lunch prep and it was good!
i got to do the vegetables and do stuff with the pizza that we are having for lunch.
i am excited, we also get the really awesome cream of chicken soup.
so yea, and it is REALLY nice outside right now, so i think i might have to run into Dalkeith just so i can be outside!
i did get some pictures up, if you haven't already checked.
tomorrow is st patricks day.
one of my roommates Emily left yesterday for Ireland.
the group of us (some drama there) are going to start really early in the afternoon drinking because we need to be up and sober at 5.45 the next morning, friday, because that is when we are hoping on a bus to take up on the overnight Durham and York trip. i am excited. i guess York is like one of the top three places you need to see if you are even in the UK. so i am in the UK and i am going to go!
personally i think that i am going to go and see the Woodsman.
stars Kevin Bacon and his wife Kiera Sedgwick.
i have heard that it is a good movie but a VERY touchy subject. kevin plays a pedophile who is recovering from being in jail and so i want to see if i can get someone to come and see it with me.
i think i will ask Claire, one of my profs, to see if she wants to go and see it.
i am supposed to get an email sometime today about if i got the RA position for this coming school year. it will be nervous. i have decided that i cant check my UWRF email until after Pub Quiz because i don't know if i will want to be super excited or sad.
so yea, i will let you all know later!
ok then,
LUNCH TIME!!!!! here i come pizza!
i just got done with lunch prep and it was good!
i got to do the vegetables and do stuff with the pizza that we are having for lunch.
i am excited, we also get the really awesome cream of chicken soup.
so yea, and it is REALLY nice outside right now, so i think i might have to run into Dalkeith just so i can be outside!
i did get some pictures up, if you haven't already checked.
tomorrow is st patricks day.
one of my roommates Emily left yesterday for Ireland.
the group of us (some drama there) are going to start really early in the afternoon drinking because we need to be up and sober at 5.45 the next morning, friday, because that is when we are hoping on a bus to take up on the overnight Durham and York trip. i am excited. i guess York is like one of the top three places you need to see if you are even in the UK. so i am in the UK and i am going to go!
personally i think that i am going to go and see the Woodsman.
stars Kevin Bacon and his wife Kiera Sedgwick.
i have heard that it is a good movie but a VERY touchy subject. kevin plays a pedophile who is recovering from being in jail and so i want to see if i can get someone to come and see it with me.
i think i will ask Claire, one of my profs, to see if she wants to go and see it.
i am supposed to get an email sometime today about if i got the RA position for this coming school year. it will be nervous. i have decided that i cant check my UWRF email until after Pub Quiz because i don't know if i will want to be super excited or sad.
so yea, i will let you all know later!
ok then,
LUNCH TIME!!!!! here i come pizza!
3.12.2005
Today, Barb is feeling: mad because she has to walk up and down like the equilevant of 4 stories to do laundry.
today is saturday and what has barb done?
watched Dirty Dancing 2 Havana Nights
done 2 loads of laundry
and now i am going to do a bunch of pictures.
so yea, go and check that out in a while.
who is the anounomous person who posted the 50 top bands in Scotland?
i wanna know!
today is saturday and what has barb done?
watched Dirty Dancing 2 Havana Nights
done 2 loads of laundry
and now i am going to do a bunch of pictures.
so yea, go and check that out in a while.
who is the anounomous person who posted the 50 top bands in Scotland?
i wanna know!
3.09.2005
Today, Barb is feeling: like all ... that ... jazz.
i just got back from seeing Chicago in Edinburgh!
it was so so so so so so so SO good. i want to go and see it again!
alrighty, so the ghost, the man and the trip. whew!
it was a busy weekend.
the ghost,
so the day that we had all day on Skye we were out all day, from like 8 am until about 6 pm. when i got back, Sarah and i went up to our room, because we were put in the same room. when we got there, my bed had been made and all my stuff and pjs were folded and put on the chair. sarahs bed hadn't been touched.
didn't think much of it. we just thought that they didn't have the time to finsih the other bed.
later we were playing cards with paul, troy (the man), and some others and we were asking them what their jobs were. troy dealt with washing and cleaning and paul was mainly reception. i asked who made the beds. they looked at me like i was smoking crack. i explained what had transpired and they just looked at me and said, are you in room eleven? yea i am. you have a ghost. apparently there have been a few different times where people had awoken during the night and had seen a elderly women petting their hair. not scared, but just confused. when they said stuff in the morning, that is when it was told that there wasn't any one but a ghost. paul also said that there was one weekend that he was all alone in the house and the room below number eleven and he could hear stuff being moved around. the only thing to move around is the chair, the beds are like super glued to the walls. so yea, we had a ghost. i didn't wake up to any elderly women petting me,
yea, that is pretty much the whole story about the ghost. there is kinda more, but i will tell you more about the ghost and troy next time. i want to go to bed now.
laters!
-b
i just got back from seeing Chicago in Edinburgh!
it was so so so so so so so SO good. i want to go and see it again!
alrighty, so the ghost, the man and the trip. whew!
it was a busy weekend.
the ghost,
so the day that we had all day on Skye we were out all day, from like 8 am until about 6 pm. when i got back, Sarah and i went up to our room, because we were put in the same room. when we got there, my bed had been made and all my stuff and pjs were folded and put on the chair. sarahs bed hadn't been touched.
didn't think much of it. we just thought that they didn't have the time to finsih the other bed.
later we were playing cards with paul, troy (the man), and some others and we were asking them what their jobs were. troy dealt with washing and cleaning and paul was mainly reception. i asked who made the beds. they looked at me like i was smoking crack. i explained what had transpired and they just looked at me and said, are you in room eleven? yea i am. you have a ghost. apparently there have been a few different times where people had awoken during the night and had seen a elderly women petting their hair. not scared, but just confused. when they said stuff in the morning, that is when it was told that there wasn't any one but a ghost. paul also said that there was one weekend that he was all alone in the house and the room below number eleven and he could hear stuff being moved around. the only thing to move around is the chair, the beds are like super glued to the walls. so yea, we had a ghost. i didn't wake up to any elderly women petting me,
yea, that is pretty much the whole story about the ghost. there is kinda more, but i will tell you more about the ghost and troy next time. i want to go to bed now.
laters!
-b
3.07.2005
Today, Barb is feeling: like she wants to put off all her homework until i have to leave!
but i can't.
i am trying to put off doing homework as much as possible, so yea, i don't think that it will last much longer, but i can try!
this weekend was a BLAST!
i met a man, Troy, unfortunatly there was no exchange of contact info... to bad because he was an aussie! yum!
ok, so we did Isle of Skye over the weekend with macbackpackers, and it was SO COOL!
i didn't want to come home. even though my room was haunted. but that was just awesome too. well i need to go and do homework and i will leave more later,
what do you want to know about?
the man or the trip ?
but i can't.
i am trying to put off doing homework as much as possible, so yea, i don't think that it will last much longer, but i can try!
this weekend was a BLAST!
i met a man, Troy, unfortunatly there was no exchange of contact info... to bad because he was an aussie! yum!
ok, so we did Isle of Skye over the weekend with macbackpackers, and it was SO COOL!
i didn't want to come home. even though my room was haunted. but that was just awesome too. well i need to go and do homework and i will leave more later,
what do you want to know about?
the man or the trip ?
3.02.2005
Today, Barb is feeling: like no body likes me, everybody hates me, so i guess i will have to go and eat worms!!!!!
in case you don't get that, go back and read the previous post and comments.
it was posted by my announomyous (now many more 'n' s do you think i could fit in the word?) comment-maker.
i wonder who the person is. i have suspicions, but in all reality, i have no idea because i really have no idea who all reads my blog thing. so the mystery remains.
but people really like me.... don't they?
in case you don't get that, go back and read the previous post and comments.
it was posted by my announomyous (now many more 'n' s do you think i could fit in the word?) comment-maker.
i wonder who the person is. i have suspicions, but in all reality, i have no idea because i really have no idea who all reads my blog thing. so the mystery remains.
but people really like me.... don't they?
