Lo siento mi familia

aka im sorry family haha it has been awhile since i blogged :( ive been busy! im sure youve missed me tho haha ;) anyway lets think....what did i do since ive last talked to you haha

We had art class, which turned out to be way more interesting than usual because we didn't really talk about art haha We did more of a history lecture, so I was actually interested! After class though we wanted some Sangria and tried to go to Sienna, our fav Sangria place, but it was closed. We were almost going to call Jeka (our friend who works there) and beg him to open up, but we manned up and went to another place. Terrible idea, the sangria wasn't very good, but you live and you learn I guess! haha And Sangria is a very important lesson in life hah :) After our lunch we acted like locals and got some ice cream, because all the Spaniards love ice cream!! There's an ice cream shop every two feet. Once we had some delish ice cream we went to our second class where we kind of got to walk around the Botanical Gardens, and then to some other places.

Then was my birthday J J  We went to around Retiro to Sienna (the restaurant we tried to go to yesterday) and got some delicious Sangria and bruschetta :) Our favorite waiter was there, and he gave us a little discount which is always good! We were going to go to this museum visit, but the Sangria got the best of us, whoopsieessss! It was fun anyways Then we went out to celebrate my birthday at O'Neills…an Irish bar with Euro shots!!  

oli and dermots house!

Thursday. Arte del Prado. We actually ended up getting out of class early! Which was perfect because I was going to have to leave early to catch my flight anyway. my flight was at 6 so i had to be at the airport around 4 which means leave my apt at like 3 to take the metro all the way up to the airport. plus if you know me, i get nervous and want to be ridiculously early haha so yeah i was. which was good because i had to ask for directions in spanish a lot haha their airport is confusing and gives you little information. not okay. anyway, made it to IRELAND!!!! i was literally freaking out the entire plane ride i was so excited to see ireland and surprise olivia for the weekend! Dermot picked me up from Dublin luckily so that was super nice of him! and we drove to belfast talking away and planning our surprise for Oli. right when we had it all planned out he calls her and fail. shes is not at home like we had expected she is out getting drunk with a few friends haha :) so we edited the original plan and now i am going to be standing on the street corner and dermot is going to bring her out to the car. she is just walking and talking away and isnt noticing me. i was like um hello? haha but finally she looks kind of my way and does like a triple take and then flips out!! we run to each other and are screaming hugging and crying! haha it was so perf tho <3 <3 <3 loved it!!!! (theres a video you all can see later :) haha)

so after the surprise of the century lol we went back to the restaurant she was at and i meet her friends and have some delicious pork thing for dinner and a few drinks. we then leave there and go to the grocery to pick out food so i can finally eat! haha yay! then we went back to their house and i finally got to see it! let me just tell you, fucking awesome. it was decorated soooo cute like and its super nice!!! i had my own room with a nice big comfy bed :) that first night we called home and me and oli talked to my family which was nice and i was like oh olivia is about to open her present nahya (now) haha and my dad goes did you get your present and i was like what?? no? i dont have one what are you talking about. thinking it was a typical dad being confused moment haha ;) then i turn a little and dermot goes yea ya do and he is holding a big box for me!! :) it was sooo nice! got some american food and tv, a card from danny, a purse and some wine coozies. we then went to bed and i was awoken with french toast..yummy!! :) i was so happy! it was delish. i met three of her sisters that day and they were all so nice and so pretty! :) her nieces and nephews were sooooo adorable too!! we went home after a little shopping and got ready for dinner. we went out to this reallllly nice steak restaurant, got the best seat in the place and some free food to sample! i then ordered a yummy steak that came with onion rings and the most delicious sauce ever, garlic butter. i loved it!

i also had my first real guinness here, yay me! lol and some wine. we then planned to move to the bar for one more drink and to hang out before heading home since we had a long day on saturday with olis bday..howevvverrr..we ran into bryan, the owner of the night club for the next night, called sense, and he insisted that we stayed with him all night and he would show us around...he knew i was from america haha he bought round after round of drinks there..all very good! i had a shot of coffee patron omg soooo good! and then he informed us he was leaving and we were coming with lol we went to a few clubs and bars and they were awesome!! we got right in and straight to VIP where bottles of grey goose were flown around haha it was crazy! by the end of the night we were so tired and wanted to go home but he kept giving us more drinks and begging us to stay. he was crazy btw, such a party-er for a old married guy lol! we finally made it home tho and just crashed and planned to sleep in tomorrow before our next night out for olivias actual birthday! woke up again with french toast :) then we planned to go to her house that she grew up in and meet her mum and daddy. it was soooo cool! to finally see her entire family after 14 years of pictures and stories :) :) :) and to see where she grew up! loved it :) everyone was so so so nice to me too! it was awesome.

Me with baby dillian (michelles)

Here is coco :)

we then did some more shopping and some irish souvenir shopping as well :) i went crazy and spent like 100 pound haha and olivia and dermot bought me a claddagh ring :) i wanted one anyway and this one is sooo pretty! and i need to mention, they would not let me pay for anything over there! which was soooo annoying haha i now see how she always feels coming to America lol but it was sooo freaking nice of them!! they did NOT have to do that..especially with their wedding coming up to and all. they will def be getting something cool in return lol and oli shared all her american food with me too that she had ordered! miller lite :)) lol after shopping on saturday we went back home and had to pack and leave. the club we were going to and where dermot was dj-ing was in a city called cookstown (i think haha) and was about an hour or so away. there was a hotel connected that we were staying in that night too! i had to pack up completely and say goodbye to Coco (their adorable doggy) because we would leave the next morning and go straight to the airport. some more of her friends met us at their house and we all drove to the

hotel/club. it was so pretty and very neat! we ate..i had more steak and garlic butter! hahah :)  then went back to the room to get ready for the club. that is when i facetimed some of my family when they were all at tricia and christophers wedding. it was super cool!! and loved seeing and talking to all them and seeing the wedding reception and such! :))) dermot was on to dj at like 1130 so we headed down to the club. It.was.so.awesome. best night ever ever!! so much fun. sat in vip, got drinks constantly brought to me, hung out with oli on her bday, partied with her friends too who were a blast, and dermot even gave us some shout-outs and songs haha :)

 i had such a great time and never wanted it to end! :( lol but it eventually did and we went on to bed dreading the next day. i had my own room at the hotel but since it was my last night i stayed in oli and d's room with them! haha we woke up the next day and rushed to breakfast before it closed then said goodbye to all her friends and we headed towards dublin to the airport :( it was so sad. i know now just how oli feels every time haha i said my goodbyes and walked off crying and continued to cry on and off the rest of my travels home! i never wanted to leave ireland or leave them lol plus being there and with oli made me homesick. i was exhausted tho, and slept on the plane which is rare for me. finally got back to my apt in madrid and was excited to see my roomie!! we exchanged stories from the weekend! i had so much to do that night and wanted to sleep a lot as well. i started this blog but couldnt finish it haha it seriously takes me forever to blog and i dont even re-read or proof them! ahhh lol but today we had art class ..which we have a test in wednesday and im freaking! lol and now im about to go to my food class to make it up because i missed it last friday since i was in ireland!



Hope all is well there!! :) love and miss you all loads! xoxoxo