Home again (a few days late)

Obviously I'm home. The trip was fine, long, but relatively uneventful. Turbulence isn't so awful in an Airbus, luckily, since we had about three hours of it. I also think we were on the plane on the ground at O'Hare longer than actually in the air on the way to St. Louis. A bit frustrating, but it was all but forgotten when I walked through security and saw Andrew (awww. sorry, it's the truth.)

Now I'm a bit cranky, even though I think I didn't really have any jetlag. I just was tired from being awake for 24 hours Saturday, and then coming home to 100 degree weather. It's really fantastic here in St. Louis right now. I mean, who needs Ireland's 65 degree July days, right?

I've got one more day off before reality hits and I go back to Target. It's not really something that I'm looking forward too. I honestly wish I could just never go back. I know that things have gotten pretty crazy there lately, and with another tough semester at school on the horizon, I really don't feel like giving that place one more drop of my energy. As soon as school starts, though, I'm signing up with Career Services and plan on sending out resume's like no other...who knows, maybe someone will even hire me before I graduate. At least I'll have that thought to keep my going.

Of course I miss Ireland, and I know that someday I will go back. It will be amazing to go to another country and in a way, feel at home. I know it will continue to grow and change, but Galway will always feel familiar. I can't wait to see it again.

For now though, I'm so happy to be back in my apartment (which is incredibly clean...and rearranged thanks to Andrew!), with my bed and my good pillow and towels and peace and quiet and all this space to myself.

Alright, this has taken way too long to write, my brain is still not going at full speed...
Thanks everyone for reading while I was in Ireland, I really loved knowing that I had so many people back home who cared about me and my first ever trip out of the country, and away from St. Louis for more than a week!