okay, playing hookey from gymnastics so I can get my bank transfter finalized and finish my resume. soooo while i'm waiting i thought i'd finish posting. cause i'm cool like that. okay, so...this weekend....yeah, so we went out again...cause you do that in ireland...and the next day they took us over to "one of the hidden houses of ireland" basically a tourist place that's tucked away so not that many people know about it. the coolest part was that because kate's family rents some of the land from the people who own this place, we were the only people there, and didn't have to pay. sweeet! so basically, it is a huge park / garden area. this is one of the most lushly beautiful places i've ever been. it's once of those places that takes your breath away and makes you think of midnight picnics with candles, blankets, a bottle of really deep red wine and a special someone in hand. it is unbelieveable, and you'll see it in a second, as i took way too many pictures. i wandered through this faerie wonderland like it was heaven...totally in a afterglow kind of happy moment. so amazing, one of those places that is so earthily holy that it touches you soul and makes it sing. there seems to be so many places like that here. the land is just unbelieveable.

so i'm now back home and trying to fit in a little studying around all my fun. i went to rugby with kate yesterday and dear lord..i have found my sport! this game is unbelieveable. it's a game full of sweepers (soccer position i played...) it's all hard tackles, short bursts of run till your heart stops action and then down time. they started calling me speedy gonzales cause they had us sprint so i did....apparentl;y i'm fast? so i was told i'll probably play wing. for all those nervous family members, that means less contact ^_^ so it looks like i'm going to be doing that, gymnastics cause it's amazing and i get to fly, hopefully volunteer at a hospital as i'm about to go turn in my resume to mercy hospital, and maybe some judo...we'll see if i stay with that. anyways, hope you all are having a lovely time in life, huge hugs!!