Things are Coming Together...

Hey everyone!
This morning we met with David, our new roommate, to give him the security deposit and get the keys to our new apartment! We move in tomorrow! So it's me and Kate, and then 2 guys in their 20's, I would guess David is 26. We haven't met the other one but David says he is in his room most of the time. They are very clean and they work during the week, from what we can tell they are totally normal and we're really excited. David is in a band called Without George and they play at Monroe's every Friday so we're really excited to be groupies! haha It took my mom a couple explanations to get this, but each have our own room in this house, we share a bathroom, living room, and kitchen, and we pay rent.

Thursday night I went out for Sheila's birthday, Kate wanted to get some sleep. That day we had met 3 guys from Canada at the hostel: Connor, Ryley, and Matt. They are hilarious. Two quick stories that might paint you a picture. First of all, the reason they are in Europe is that 2 of them got real drunk one night and bought tickets to a Kings of Leon concert online...in Amsterdam! So the third got his ticket and then they got plane tickets and decided to make a tour of it. So they have 17 days and no plans, clearly our kind of people. While waiting for their flight out of LA, Connor and Ryley took Matt's passports and decided to write (this is illegal) on the last page. They swore that if either one got married before he was 30, he would have to pay the other $1,000, and then signed it. So going through Immigration the officers stopped Matt and he didn't know why! He now has a sticker that says his passport is damaged or something... They were very nice and we hung out last night too, they were buying rounds of drinks for everyone around them! We found out that Matt knows how to say "You have beautiful eyes" in 5 languages! haha But when he tried it on the Spaniards he butchered it so everyone got a laugh.

Also on Thursday Katie and I tried making a meal we love from Spain and it did NOT turn out. We are probably the two least domestic people ever. But Friday our friend Vicente walked us through the whole process and it came out perfectly! We have pictures of each of us doing the dreaded flip! Last night we went to a bar called King's Head and there was a cover band that was good, we were dancing quite a bit! It was some good craic :) Last night when we got back to the hostel there was a guy with Coke in one hand and a bottle of Rum in the other; he was possibly the most obnoxious person I've ever met. He insisted on singing the 50 states song over and over, and I swear he didn't get past Connecticut for at least a half hour. He kept getting right in my face singing and I definitely almost punched him. I just kept saying "THIS IS TOO CLOSE, GET AWAY FROM ME" haha We didn't get to bed until around 5 and so today has completely dragged.

Kate and I were sitting in the lobby and the phone rang, it was a guy calling to ask Katie to come in for an interview. She said she already had a job but that I was still looking so I went and brought my resume, missed the manager by like 2 minutes. As soon as we got back to the hostel he called! He wants me to come in tomorrow to his new cafe in Salthill and try it out for a day! No interview, no nothin...I've never made coffee so I hope this goes well!

We have 4 new roommates tonight and we are so ready to get out of this hostel. We love it and we love a lot of the people here but we just need our own space now. I can't take much more, every weekend this huge tour bus called the Paddy Wagon pulls in and unloads a million kids to stay for one night. They take over the kitchen and get all loud and dressed up and drink a ton and leave the place a mess. Then in the morning when they have to leave early they are super loud. It will be so nice to have our own place!!

I'm really sorry we haven't posted any pictures yet but honestly we haven't taken many at all! We have been so busy running around for jobs and apartments that we haven't seen much. We'll post the few we have soon, mostly going out pictures and a few of the Galway Bay. Just let us get moved in and settled :)
Love you all!! Hugs and kisses.
-Erin