Today, the 24th of October 2011, Ireland were sent into a spiralling panic, with the torrential rain sweeping the nation. This rain is a real bitch. I stood in one of those puddles that look like they're shallow, but really my whole ankle was immersed in water. I was wearing suede shoes, 'nuff said.
Some friends of my sisters were trapped in Dundrum Shopping Centre, so we got a live update on the situation, complete with videos and photos. You'd swear with some of the stuff that we were watching Sky News, and there was a hurricane in some distant country you've actually never heard of until now, but you'll never admit it.
The snow, I can deal with, the cold, I wrap up, the heat, there can never be enough.. But the rain is my ultimate weakness. I'm a little ashamed to say it, but today I took the bus two stops to avoid walking in it.. I was sitting for a total of 35 seconds, needless to say I got some filthy looks as I got off.
My Dad rides a Harley Davidson to work everyday, and today it took him three attempts to get home, he had to keep turning around. How is it, that Ireland are so shit that we can't even handle the rain?!
On a lighter note, we had a guest speaker in school today for our annual Readers and Writers Week. Her name is Judy May Murphy, and she has to be the most inspirational person I've ever listened to. That sounds so lame and uncool but I don't care who knows it, I want her life. She's a writer, but mainly she gives motivational talks and coaching. Positivity just radiates off this woman, and I don't understand how someone can be that happy all the time, is she on something? And if so, where can we all find said drug?!
I'm almost finished listening to Bossypants, Tina Fey's audio book, and she is just the most witty person, I usually hate women comedians (why are they all so gross?), but by God this woman is funny.
It's ten to twelve, and I'm really hoping my school is shut tomorrow due to the rain, because there's no way in hell I'll be happy to get up in 7 hours. It's amazing how bad the condition of my school is in, today the rain caused the light in the computer room to fall, onto the main school server, stopping all the computers in the school from working. After this, a corridor upstairs began to flood, I didn't know this and was wondering why my vice principal was standing on a bench shouting "WE HAVE A LITTLE PROBLEM LADIES", I thought the power was just finally going to her little head. And then the heating and electricity decided to stop working every now and then. For a stereotypical "posh" and "rich" school, it's really an absolute state of an establishment.
Shout out to my Pappa, who was featured on a whole bunch of websites for his Youtube channel hitting half a million views this week.
Judy May is a Goddess! Also, I agree with you about how much of a state our school is in. It's so embarrassing that we're classed as a super rich school but for some reason all our fees seem to go towards is a building that our year might only get one years use out of! That being said, we do have the gym and I will forever be grateful for that!
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