Hello everyone =D

I’m sorry that I havn’t blogged in so long, and that my blog as Gaelige didn’t happen…… I was cramming and panicking!!

Despite having a bit of a last minute pre-oral breakdown before French (I was nervous about being nervous!!) it went ok. I wasn’t asked anything too complicated, and nothing I couldn’t answer, just the regular bits about family, friends, sport etc. Despite this, I came out the exam feeling slightly disappointed! Maybe it was because I had learned so much and didn’t get to use most of it…. Anyway, I felt that I hadn’t done enough to make French into an A1 subject and so proceeded to pile on the pressure for Irish!

You see, I’ve figured that either Irish or French needs to be an A1, and the other an A2 for me to get the points…. Lovely positive thoughts to have right before heading into an exam huh? So, as you can guess, I was a nervous wreck going into Irish. I got through my sliocht (uimhir 5) without any problems. Then the fun began – I couldn’t remember how many people were in my family (I knew how to say it but if you’d asked me in English I still would have been like uuuuuuuuuhhhhh…). If first impressions really count that much I’m screwed!!! =( After that I suppose it got better. I wasn’t asked a modh coinnealach question, lots of people weren’t, but I managed to squeeze some in somewhere. Anyway, they’re over, and I’m just praying they went ok.

It’s amazing how much more time and energy I have now to do actual proper study- not just going up to my room, wandering around for a bit, coming back down and pretending I got “loads” done!! (Please tell me I’m not the only one who did that…) I think it might have something to do with “seeing the light at the end of the tunnel,” or one of those clichés. Anyway, motivation seems to come a bit more easily now. After all, 7 and a half weeks and it’ll all be over. SCARY thought!!

We had our yearbook photos taken last week (on the windiest day EVER) and that just made it all seem a bit more real- the whole leaving the school thing. I kind of grasped that fact that the leaving cert was coming (to get me!!) a while ago, and yea college and parties as well as hopefully studying what I want. It just hit me then, the whole sentimentality aspect of it all, “there are people in this photo with me now that I may NEVER see again.” Ok, we mightn’t get on. We may have had our differences, but if you are used to seeing the same faces 5 days a week, about 35 weeks a year for 6 years it gona be a bit of a change (tear!). I’ve been in school with a few of the girls since junior infants :O crazy huh? When I said this to a friend in school, she simply replied “well, if you want to see some people again, you’ll make the effort. If you don’t you won’t!” Still, what if I’ve shared “the best years of my life” with people I’ll never meet again?

On a similar note, we are also preparing for our graduation. The songs are amazing!! My friend made up her own words to a song to make it applicable to our school. I don’t know the original name, but it goes like “Follow me and everything’ll be alright….” (I think!!). So, like thousands of girls up and down the country, as well as worrying about exams etc. I also have to find time to shop for a dress!! Gawd I say it like it’s a chore lol!!

Well I had better get back to the books for now.

Hope everyone is getting on ok, and not over stressing.

Ta ta

Katie