Firsts and Lasts

[trinityofone]

I just said goodbye to Siria at the bus stop. There was lots of hugging and shouting and waving as the bus pulled away. I am sad now.

This morning, after our breakfast, Siria helped me carry over 25 kilos of books to the post office. And guess what? They no longer do slow boat shipping, so it cost me *almost cannot bear to type this* 219 euro to send everything home. *weeps* Hi, world. I need a job?

But then Siria and I went and bought underwear, which made us both feel better, I think. AND! As I was walking her to the bus stop, we actually heard a Trinity College groundskeeper call out, "Top o' the morning to ya!" to a passing woman--with complete sincerity! Siria, I think, had a tiny, tiny brain aneurysm. Today she had her 21st birthday--she entered her 22nd year in Ireland, on this Earth, and that's the first time she's ever heard a real Irish person say that. It was very special. I feel honored.

But she has gone back to Laois now, and I go back to the States in two days, and I am sad.

Comments

[wychwood]

*offers virtual hugs*

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Thank you! *sniff*

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

YES! Omg, you crazy foreigner, you! ;-)

[roaringmice.livejournal.com]

Yeah. We in NY love that. :grins:

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

As much as Siria loves the tourists who ask her if she "knows" Oscar Wilde?

[toft-froggy.livejournal.com]

Aww :( . Well, god bless the internet, you'll be able to keep well in touch.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

That's true. But it's still not the same! *verklempt*

[toft-froggy.livejournal.com]

I know :( . It's shit. And I hate waiting and being in limbo too. Watch something, take your mind off it.

[toft-froggy.livejournal.com]

Hey, wait, is your name Anna too? *dances dance of the shared name*. Hope you're feeling better. If not, perhaps this picture (http://www.homoerotimuseum.net/gal/gal03/319.jpg) of a certain Pompeian windchime will help. Don't you just wish you were doing my subject?

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

DUDE. Our name RULES FANDOM. The question is...are you Anna-rhymes-with-banana, or Anna-rhymes-with...um. Well, not banana, anyway?

That windchime is hilarious. My eyes were at first drawn to the bells, so I was like, "Yeah, so?" Then I looked up.

*eyes bug out*

Pompeii was very special, wasn't it? *mourns it*

[(Anonymous)]

Anna-rhymes-with-banana/spanner/ANA-conda/ANA-rexia/whatever else my lame schoolmates could think of (did you ever get called Anna-spanner? Because I did. All the time. I've no idea why. Perhaps they thought I resembled one). Is there another pronunciation for Anna?

Pompeii was so great. A *flying penis*. With its *own little penis*. Legend.

[randomeliza.livejournal.com]

Awww! I'm so excited that you got to hear someone say that in all earnestness. That's adorable.

Also, if it's any consolation, it could have been worse. I had 29 kilos too much luggage to take to Rome, because I didn't know what the baggage limits were, and they charged me a little over 10 quid per extra kilo. That's right, I had to pay 291 POUNDS to get all my luggage to Rome. So just think how bad it would be if you had decided to not ship it, but pack it!

*hugs* It sucks to be leaving, but you love LA! And you'll be back to Ireland eventually.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Awww! I'm so excited that you got to hear someone say that in all earnestness. That's adorable.

I know! And on my third-to-last day, too! What other treats does this country have in store for me? Tomorrow will they break out the leprechauns and the rainbows and the pots of gold? Maybe I'll see Bono!

291 pounds? Ouch. Oh God, I hope I don't get charged at the airport, too. WHY CAN'T SOMEONE JUST INVENT A TELEPORTER, DAMMIT?

I do love L.A. And I will come back to Ireland. Just...transitions are hard.

You and Siria better do a lot of riding around Rome on Vespas, shouting "Ciao!" at people. *g*

[birdsflying]

:squishes:

If you're still trying to use up your phone credit, I am always around. :g:

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Er...about that...

I broke my phone last week. My water bottle opened up inside my bag and drowned it. I'm so embarrassed. I mean, thank God it was only going to be good for another week, but...

Me = such a moron.

[birdsflying]

ahahahahahahahaha! :hiccups:

Only you, Trin, only you. :g:

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

What are you talking about? There are plenty of other idiots in the world! I'm just an idiot with, um. Style?

[birdsflying]

Oh so stylish. Amazingly stylish. :g:

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

*clings to you*

I'm so conflicted about this! I mean, I miss L.A. so much, but... *sniffle* I like it here, and I like all of you, and I want to staaaaaaaay.

I think I need to be fabulously rich and own a jet. Yes.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Maybe if I ask nicely, the post office will refund my 219 euro? That would help.

[aurora]

Eeep, *pets*. Must be weird going home after being away for so long.

Also, dude, 219€! Actually, my first thought was 'I hope the post office isn't too far, because, wow, that's a lot of books'.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

You should have seen us waddling down the road, stopping every hundred meters or so to lean on the boot of a car or against a post or something. OW.

It's intensely weird to be going home. I suspect it'll be even weirder once I get there. And then, after a while, it'll just become...normal again.

*flails*

[dizzyditz.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, Anna. 219 Euro on top of everything else? The planet needs to shrink, and it needs to do it soon

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

I'm going to try not to think too hard about the money, it'll just make me nauseated.

We need...TELEPORTERS! Or so I keep saying.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Gah, I don't want to think about it any more! *whimpers*