HOPPY BELATED EASTER everyone!!! Boy ogh boy you really miss the family and appreciate them more when away especially in a different country. It was a splendid day though. Some girls and i went to Christs Cathedral Church.... where we did not have to pay to see inside it and enjoyed a nice mass there. The singing was amazing but they sang such depressing never ending songs!! But yet, they were amazing. There was also a million preists and other holy leaders there! After that we took a stroll because it was a beautiful sunny day with NO RAIN!!!! That night the girls and i gathered together a nice dinner consisting of my favorite, deviled eggs, ham, salad, garlic bread, beans, assortment of cheeses and ofcourse a chocolate dessert. To say the least it was splendid!!! My friend Becca and i exchanged little easter gifts. She got me this awesome Easter bag full of candy and coloring pages with crayons and sweet Liger/tiger/panther huge tattoos. I might be sporting one when i arrive home! hahaha.
Anywho, my time is dwindling down here and i am sad..... But so excited to go home. OMG a few weeks ago i was surprised with being asked to be the queen of TKE a sweet fraternity on our campus! I was so overjoyed i jumped around in my pajamas in my room by myself. It was quite classy, if i do say so myself!! hahaha! I am so excited to go home and see my boys!!!
Now on to my story pertaining to the title of this blog. So i have been going for a jog everyday to try and get back into shape and try to loose some of this darn weight i have put on even though i already walk everywhere else and it makes no sense. ANYWHO! I was jogging to the Lovely Phoenix park where i met my friend Julie. She told me she just got attacked by a bunch of 12 year old children. SHe was sitting by the monuement doing some homework when the children started spitting on her. While walking away they were throwing sticks at her and a big one hit her in the back of the head. Now let me tell you all a little about the young Irish/ghetto children here. When we first arrived and it would snow the children would come out of nowhere and throw snowballs at anyone walking by. I seriously could have thrown one back... but i resisted. ANywho theres a little insight. Julie and i were walking around the park for my cool down and just talking. We came across the playground and she pointed saying there are some of the children. I asked her if she wanted to go up the other way and she said no. We both said they wont bother us because there were so many adults there with their children... BOY were we wrong! As were walking by the oldest 12 year old boy starts yelling to his friends! 'There she is, Sky, there she is' Next thing you know all these children in their highschool musical jumpsuits/trackee outfits come running at us. Julie and i start walking up the steps and they trap us on both sides. Im thinking to myself, "Seriously there are like 10 12 year olds right now waiting with huge sticks in their hands... nice." ANywho let me tell ya the language they were using was just so sick i have heard little children swear before but never like this. Theri words were so vulgar, i still cant get over it! Nex thing i know they are grabbing sticks and what not and right next to us. I am talking to the 2 little high school musical girls and asking them why they are doing this to people they do not even know.
They were very sassy back and so innapropriate to us. I tried talking calmly even though it was pointless. SOmeone with a baby carriage came down the steps and they stopped throwing then but that person didnt ecven help us, just swore at the kids. I cannot beleive that the parents in the park saw these children doing this and didnt come to help us. Finally a adult Irish woman came and apologized to us about the children. SHe said they do this to so many people even her. SHe said she use to take it personally but not anymore, she said you cannot. While we were standing down below the hill they kept throwing rocks at us hitting us here and there. i did not turn my back because i didnt want to get hit in the back of the head. I can honestly say i wanted to go after those children. The lady told us that they call children like that a certain name, fannies or something and that they will sadly never go anywhere in life and they are just like their parents. I felt sorry for them and so angry with their parents. As a rock hit my foot it was time to leave. As another rock hit my foot i had enough and we began walking away after ignoring them for a long time. The Irish women turned and snapped at the children after another deragatory comment and she said " Your Irish and so am i and you are making our country look bad to Americans!" They replied with a horrible comment back to her. We kept walking. SHe looked so sad like she wanted to cry she was just so embarrassed. But Julie and i Love it here and know that not all Dublin is like this.
So off we go home trying to get over what just took place when a beggar gets all up in our grill... It was just so crazy, i mean us out of all the people around us and he bothers us! Then there was a special ed girl walking across the Luas tacks with a gaurdian of some sort. The girl trips the lady and keeps walking. The lady is laying on the tracks yelling at the girl!! I felt bad but i had to laugh.... What the CRACk was going on. Thank God me and Julie were able to experience this other crazy world together... No one around could have went through and saw what we did that day let alone everyday!!! Theres the outside world and then our world!! hahaha
Just the other day i went to Dalkey with some friends of mine who are staying with a host family. It is so beautifuol there and Bono from U2 lives there. Enya also lives there in a huge castle, my dream house!!! We were having a photo shoot when a cute cat reminding me of my handsome boys because its colors were put togwether the same as my cats! He was so precious and loved the camera. I had a spklendid meal at their house... Huge portions! It reminded me of home!!!! hahaha I love Olivia and Suzy. They are such kindhearted girls!!
Anywho, my week has been pretty much amazing... and interesting. I am off to London tomorrow to see some friends!! I am so excited for scones!!!!!! Yummy!!!!
Hope all is well! Also remember a stroll in the park may not be as peaceful as one may think. When you see a gang of little ones here is my advice: TURN AND RUN!!! I know this sounds crazy and your thinking why are you afraid of a bunch of 10-12 year olds. COme to DUblin and i will show you!!!
Remember, " Tanya Sue Loves You!!!!"
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