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A Little Catch-Up :)

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taraHey guys :)

I know , I know … I’m terrible at writing these blog things regularly and it’s not like I even have a reason other than complete laziness. So since the last time I wrote I’ve :

- Been A Vegetarian For 30 Days:

So , this all started when I was watching a you-tube clip of a ‘vlogger’ talking about how he became a vegetarian. He took the 30 day veg-pledge for PETA. I was talking to some people about it and the majority of them said they didn’t think I would be able to do it. So being stubborn I felt that I had to prove something by doing this ‘30 Day Veg-Pledge’. It was a completely no-strings attached no sponsorship needed thing so I decided why not sign up for it. I did my 30 days cold-turkey(no pun intended) and at the end of it I felt like I accomplished something. I know it may sound cheesy but after signing up for the PETA newsletter and seeing what happens to animals I’m proud I was able to play my part in helping them even if it was for just 30 days.

- Got My Tongue Pierced:

So this one doesn’t have a reason exactly. I’ve wanted to get my tongue pierced for over a year now but my Dad asked me not to get this one thing done. I had my ears and my tragus pierced already and one tattoo that he was alright about so I decided not to get it. But lately we haven’t been getting on that well so when my sister asked me to go with her to get her latest tattoo last week I saw an opportunity. On the way there I told her about wanting to get it done and she offered to pay half so I thought ‘why not?’. After-ward’s though I felt like I had let my Dad down a bit. When we got home and I saw the look on his face I knew I had made a mistake. I was in pain for about 3 days after and still have a lisp so do I regret getting it done? Absolutely. But not over the pain over the look on my Dads face when I got home.

- Put On My First Student Council Fund-Raiser:

In my school there are five different people on the student council every year. Two sixth years (Head-Girl and Vice) and three fifth years (P.R.O , Secretary and Treasurer). Since I’m in fifth year this year I decided to apply for P.R.O and I got the position. Every year the student council put on a Christmas fundraiser but this year the school calender was so hectic we decided to postpone it until after the New-Year. We were going to have a big New-Years raffle but because of the Haiti earthquake by the time our arranged date came there had already been a few fund-raising days. So we just decided to go with a simple No-Uniform Day ,easy and cheap, with a draw for a pair of JLS Live at the Marquee tickets. Altogether we raised just under €1000 which for a small enough school in my opinion isn’t that bad. The money went to the Haiti Appeal and I felt good for contributing. So all in all it was a good experience.

- Dropped Down To My First Ever Ordinary Level Subject:

This one I know probably shouldn’t be such a big deal to me but it is. I’ve wanted to be a Primary School Teacher since I can remember and one of the very first things I ever asked my Guidance Councilor on First Year was what subjects I needed to do it. She told me the main one was Higher Level Irish , so since then that’s the one subject I was adamant that I would stay at higher level until my leaving cert. But wouldn’t you know it , it’s the only ordinary level subject I do. Don’t get me wrong I loooooove Irish but I absolutely hated my teacher and felt that if I had to stay in her class any longer I would be sent away for murder. So now I have to decide on a different college course and career. No biggie there :P

- Watched My School Make Cork History:

I’ve been on my school basketball team since First Year but had to quit this year because of a pretty bad ankle injury :( Our school is quite well known for having good basketball teams we’ve either had our teams get into the Cork finals and place first or second. Or get into the All-Ireland qualifiers and get into the Top-Ten. But this year my school had three out of four of our teams in the Cork finals. The senior team won first place in Cork before Christmas and our first and second year teams played in the Cork finals last week with both of them winning. And may I just say the Second Year match was the best Basketball game I have ever watched – they were basically losing the entire game , they were down by one point with 4 seconds on the clock when Megan stole the ball and scored a lay-up. The best basketball moment I have ever in my life seen :) Making our school the first ever Cork All-Girls school to have three of their teams win the Cork Finals :D Woo … Haha

- Seen My First Ghost (I think):

So has everyone seen that story on the news a few weeks back of the haunted house in Hollyhill , Cork City ?? Well that house just happens to be a few minutes drive from my house so myself and a few friends all piled into a car Paddy’s night to go up and see what all the fuss was about. Up until that point I was sceptical about ‘ghosts’ but for some reason when I looked into the window of the then abandoned house I thought I saw something and ran for the life of me. Now stopping to re-check to see if it was just a shadow. So there’s my ‘ghost’ story. Not really sure what I saw but lets just put it this way … I won’t be going back to check if I was right.

- Had My First Grown-Up Night Out:

Alrighty so up until recently every time I went out at night to pubs , clubs etc. I was with someone I was related to – older sister , older cousins. But about a month ago I went out with just friends and I felt so independent and grown-up. I know I sound about 12 talking about feeling grown-up and I know I’m completely contradicting myself but I don’t care HA . I loved it and felt that my Mam finally trusted me enough to let me have that freedom :)

So there is my catch-up … I know it’s pretty boring but what do you expect ?? I have a pretty normal life :)

How did everyone’s pre’s go ?? Did ye all get on okay ?? Better/Worse than ye expected ?? I’m so glad I wasn’t in yer position this year :)

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE … ‘Til next time … Auf Wiedersehen xOx

Written by Tara

April 3rd, 2010 at 2:52 am

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