October 2nd 2012

Today when I went into school, I was hoping that I could catch up on the work that I had missed with Amanda’s help seeing as she is in most of my classes, but she was out today and she was also out yesterday so I had to try get the work off someone else. We found out today that our annual Fun Walk was going to be on Friday. Every year there is always hype over the Fun Walk because it’s always so funny where the whole school comes together for the day and has a right o’l laugh.

There was an announcement on the intercom and we found out that the colours were:

1^st year - Pink

2^nd year - Purple

3^rd year - Green

TY - Yellow

5^th year - Blue 

6^th year - Black and White

My class decided that our theme would be Michael Jackson, so the people who were in charge of the choreography; Afaf and Pamela told us that our class should go to the hall at lunch so we could practise our dance. Our dance had some really hard steps so I tried my best to follow them and I just hoped that come Friday, I knew it.

October 1st 2012

Today I was woken up by my dad and he asked me did I want to go to school. I said “No” because I could barely open my eyes because I was so tired from last night. My mam then came in and they said that I could miss 1 day out of school because yesterday was a long day and told me to go back to sleep. My dad was the only one who actually stayed awake at 7am. He went to work and everyone else just went back to sleep. I don’t think I woke up until about 12pm. I was really happy that I didn’t go to school because I would’ve just fallen asleep anyway. For the rest of the day I just rested and watched television. I didn’t bother going on Facebook because nobody would’ve been on it because everyone was in school.

I had to wait until school was over so I could start web-texting people. Coming up to about 7 or 8pm my mam and dad left to go to my school for a meeting. It was a 6^th year parents meeting about the CAO and UCAS which is the Central Applications Office in Ireland and Britain. It was an information night for the parents so that Mr. Corcoran and Ms. Hughes could tell our parents what colleges we should apply for and what the courses are about and things like that. I was going to apply to colleges in the UK but Mr. Corcoran said that for Hair and Beauty, I didn’t need to, that he would help me apply to colleges in Ireland.

September 30th 2012

We went up and we didn't really know anyone there except for Darren, we went over and introduced both families and his family seemed really nice and we seen little baby Leon and he was really cute and small and he was wearing a dress which was weird. I even got to hold him which was really cool because I love babies and I tried to get him to smile but he started to get a little upset so I gave him to my mam and she got him to stop crying which is probably because she knows how to deal with babies because if you can handle me as a baby you can handle ANY baby :L 

Today was a really big day for me. It was my godfather Darren's newborn baby son's christening. that was exciting enough but there was a catch, I hadn't seen Darren in over 12 years so this would be my first time meeting my godfather in over a decade. I never understood why I never got to see him but I was really nervous because he didn't know what I looked like and was afraid he would be ashamed to have ME as a goddaughter.

A few weeks ago my mam was on Facebook and saw Darren's name so she added him without knowing whether it was really him or someone else with that name. He accepted and started talking to my mam and she said that it was the right one. So they were talking for a few weeks and then Darren invited my family to his son Leon's christening. I couldn't wait but I was so nervous.

The day had arrived and we got up around 8am and started to get ready because we had to be there for about 1pm. When we were all ready, we set off for Cavan. A long 2 hours passed when we finally got to the venue; The Kesh bar in Cavan. Before we got out of the car, my mam had to change because she wore leggings in the car but wanted to wear white trousers but they would've gotten creased in the car. When she had just her underwear on a car pulled up beside her window and she was freaking out so she pulled the trousers over her legs and waited until the people had gone. We were all breaking ourselves laughing :P

When we went into the venue and made our way towards the party venue    upstairs and there was no one there but a woman who came and told us that the party didn't start until 2pm. We had an hour to kill so we decided to go down to the canteen where there were about 12 tables so we took one at the back.  My parents went up to get some food for us and brought it back to the table. It was gorgeous and I really enjoyed it and then a man with a girl walked through the door and my mam and dad stood up as he approached. It was him, my godfather Darren Byrne, I scanned him and stood up and greeted him and he gave me a hug and just started saying things like “The height of you” and “You’re really pretty”. I thought he was really nice but I really didn't know what to say to him. He was talking to us for about 5 minutes and then he told us to come upstairs to the party, so we said that we would finish up our food and then join the other people upstairs. 

For the next few hours we just mingles with some of the people there and there was some food laid on but I didn't have any of it because I had only had food about 20 minutes ago. I got a drink and then started to talk to Darren and a few others and they were really nice and for me I felt like Darren and the others were always there, it was like we had known them for ever. It was really fun and I was enjoying myself and Darren was making an effort with me by asking me questions about myself. There was also a cake which was really nice and I got 2 slices and it was so yummy. 

We took some pictures as well and we all were talking and messing about and then we went downstairs to go to the bar. We got a couple of more drinks and my mam even got me a bottle of Budweiser and we all sat down and talked and just had fun. We were in the downstairs pub for another hour or so and then we decided to go to a different pub in the town. Some people that were there that we got on well with got a minibus to the town but we hopped in the car and drove there. When we got there, we went in and sat down beside a fire and my dad bought us some drinks and we moved to sit over beside the bar. We were having fun with everyone who was there and Darren was asking me questions about me which was cool because he interested in catching up on what he had missed. 

I thought the day was a really good day and I was so glad we were invited to get a chance to build back the bridge that hadn't been there for 12 years. We left at about 10pm and we got comfortable for the long journey back to Celbridge.

September 29th 2012

Today was Katie's birthday party and I was actually really looking forward to it. I went to Xtra Vision at 1 pm to get the bus and most of the people going were there. Amanda was also there but she was not going because her and Katie weren't talking at the minute so she was going into town with Alex instead.

About 30 minutes later and we got on the bus, all of us went upstairs and sat at the back. We started just messing and having fun and I'm surprised we didn't get kicked off the bus, we were that loud. We took some pictures and discussed the plan for the day. 

When we were coming up to Liffey, we said our goodbyes to Amanda and Alex and headed for the door. It was funny when we were walking across the bridge because we were all running and screaming and singing and messing. We got to Liffey Valley and we decided to go get some food first because we were all hungry. 

Most of us got a McDonald's, I got my usual; medium chicken nugget meal with curry sauce :P Yuuuuuuuuuum! it was divine. It is always a nice feeling when you get your McDonald's and just eat it so lovingly. Katie got a call from her dad saying that he was outside Boots and wanted us to go down to him. 

When we got down, he went in and bought the tickets. The movie was on in about 1 hour so we decided to go off and have a look in some shops to pass the time. We took loads of pictures of us messing and just being young. 

At about 3pm we decided to head towards the cinema and we went in and got our seats. I was sitting beside Roisin and Rachel and we took some more pictures and got out our food. I had come prepared; my mam had packed me a small bag full of sweets, chocolate and crisps and a nice bottle of coke :P

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The movie was called "The Campaign" and it was really good and funny and I really enjoyed it. After the movie we decided to take some more pictures and then look in a few more shops. By this time it was about half five/quarter to six. We decided to walk over and get the bus back home to Katie's house. We got on the bus at about 6.20 and headed for Celbridge. 

On the bus it was so funny and we took even more pictures and laughed and just messed around really and it was kind of one of them "Ye had to be there" moments. We got off at Tesco and walked to Katie's house and when we got in there was her dad and her dad's girlfriend who brought us into the sitting room where there was like a table with some cans and loads of food which was nice. We tucked in and took some pictures and sang happy birthday and then we decided to go on her Xbox 360 Kinect. All of us, 2 at a time had a go at having dance offs which were really funny because some of the dance moves were just outrageous that you wouldn't even think that they would be dance moves. 

After about 7.30 I left and so did Rachel and we walked up towards Grattan Court because I was going to Brian's house. I went in and I think we watched some television for a while and then his mam got some dinner and we all sat in front of the television and ate the lovely dinner. For the rest of the night I think me and Brian watched some more television or listened to music on his computer in his kitchen.

It was a good day altogether, I enjoyed myself anyway. Here are some pictures that we took that day.


                        

                                   

                                   

                                   

                                   

                                   

                                   

September 28th 2012

Today was Katie's 16th Birthday and during lunch time we decided to set up a little cake and some cupcakes on the table for her. When she came in we all sang "Happy Birthday" and let her blow out her candle and then we all set off for the hall.

Also today in school we had a bleep test but not your normal bleep test, this one was for teachers. When we were told that there was going to be a teacher bleep test we were all so excited because it's very rare that we get to see teachers letting their hair down and letting loose. It was on in the hall and to see it you had to pay €1 which was reasonable and sitting on the ground was about 300 people all desperate to see their teachers running to see how fit they were. 

Me, Alex, Rachel, Amanda and a few others were sitting in the front row and we saw all the teachers who were partaking in the event. There was Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Lawlor, Mr. Corcoran, Mr. Kerrigan, Ms. Leonard, Ms. Macken, Ms. Farrell, Ms. Felle and Ms. Hughes. When it started everyone was cheering and calling teachers names to enhance their performance. On the first length, they had to do a slow jog up and on the way back Mr. Kennedy sped back down like a rocket and everyone was laughing. One by one the teachers were dropping out and everyone cheered for them to congratulate them. To no surprise the last 4 people was all the male teachers :L Then when we were on level 9 there was only Mr. Lawlor (P.E. teacher) and Mr. Kerrigan (Chaplain) and I was shocked because I didn't know that Mr. Kerrigan was that fit like I didn't think he would be up there against the school p.e. teacher.

About 5 minutes later they were on round 10 and everybody was thinking that Mr. Kerrigan was going to beat Mr. Lawlor and then they were thinking that Mr. Lawlor is the schools p.e. teacher, so that he HAD to win!

Mr. Kerrigan dropped out and Mr. Lawlor was the winner and everyone was cheering that the fittest teacher in the school was Mr. Lawlor but instead of stopping to embrace this proud moment, he kept going. About another 5 minutes later he finally stopped and everybody was going "OH MY GOD!" 

After school I was so happy because YES, another weekend had come. I had such a busy weekend ahead of me; Saturday was Katie's birthday party and on Sunday was my godfather's sons christening. I went home and got ready because I was going over to Brian's house to do some homework done because I probably wouldn't get it done over the weekend.

I went over to his house at about 6.30pm and I started doing some homework but Brian much preferred to listen to music and watch me doing my homework. After a while I got bored and we decided to put on a movie. It was a funny film called "The Dictator". I enjoyed it and so did Brian. I really enjoyed just having a quiet night in watching a funny movie with the person i love.

September 27th 2012

Today nothing really happened in school apart from the usual. My dad came home today from the Plowing Championship in Wexford and he brought presents! He just brought home some key rings and biscuits but it was good to have him back home because I missed him <3

September 26th 2012

Today was the day that I went over to see Brian for the first time since he had his operation. I was excited and nervous because I didn't know what state he would be in. I went over and he told me how the operation went and his foot was in a thick bandage.

For the night we just sat on this couch in the kitchen listening to music and talking to each other. I was glad that nothing went wrong during the operation and was happy that Brian was okay.