Jeez I’m almost late to write this!! so on Sunday I went to Bernie’s house to talk about our upcoming trips that we have this year. I definitely do not have very much time left here…it’s crazy! This coming Monday, as you all know, is St. Patrick’s Day so the other students and I are going to Dublin to watch the parade. There will be millions and millions of people there so a lot of fun and hopefully no rain :/ We also have a long trip to Kerry, a day trip to Cork, bicycling in the mountains, maybe surfing, amusement parks starting to open, and a lot of other things that are planned in the next 12 weeks before we sadly depart:( On Tuesday we had a pancake cook off since it was pancake Tuesday. I’d have to say that they do not make a typical pancake over here. For one: their pancakes look like crepes. Two: they don’t use maple syrup….ever. Now I don’t know if it’s just my idea of a pancake but I definitely would think of a fluffy pancake with syrup all over it. Eleanor, her mom, her dad, and I all were in the cook off. They made their crepe looking things and I introduced a real American pancake. Eleanor’s pancakes won, but it was just because they were all intimidated by my strange pancake 😉 And maybe because hers are also very good:D She also made dinner type pancakes which I never would have thought of but they were delicious! It was like a crepe wrapped around chicken and vegetables all in a white sauce. Quite lovely indeed. Wednesday was Eleanor’s birthday so I made Brownie Batter Truffles that turned out pretty nicely and weren’t too difficult to make. We also had friends and family over for tea and cake. On Saturday there were about 8 of us that went to the Irish Handmade Glass Company to blow and carve our own glass… it was a fun and different experience. Today, we went to town to watch the raising of the tricolor flag. There were bands, bagpipes, choirs, soldiers, and mayors all around!! They also raised the American, French, Australian, and Canadian flag. We came back for a little while then went to Paul sister, Jenny’s, house since it is her birthday tomorrow. And of course…tea and cake:) Happy Birthday!:) Tomorrow I have school off to go take a few senior pictures around Waterford. Should be an experience since nobody here has any idea what senior pictures are or what the point of them are…haha! Well I think that’s all for now. Hope everyone in ND is enjoying the warm weather I sent you!!:)