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Whenever I meet people here, one of their first questions is “Where are you from?”. It seems like an easy question. A one or two-word answer for most people, maybe with a little elaboration in the follow up of “Whereabouts?” But for me, I struggle with that simple question. I no longer have just one home […]
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I went to England last weekend and it was only sort of a mess. A friend of mine from school is working in Ireland as an Au Paire but needed to take her LSAT in London so she can attend law school when she returns to the United States. She mentioned this, and the stress […]
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Everything’s Fine Normally, I’m great at planning things. I coordinate trips, events, meet-ups, whatever with few problems and I honestly enjoy doing it. For some reason though, this weekend was nearly, though never quite, a disaster at every turn. I’ve been in Ireland for two weeks now and, first of all, it’s fabulous. Irish people […]
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I arrived in Dublin, Ireland around 4:00 a.m. local time (10:00 p.m. central time) on Monday, January 22nd. My arrival came after departing my Des Moines apartment at 5:30 a.m., getting held up at the Des Moines airport for a half hour because of a bag of goldfish crackers in my bag, flying to Newark, […]
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My Time is Up. I’m leaving for Ireland in two days. First of all: I’m very stressed. Second: yesterday was my last day interning at Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation. So, I’m kind of sad, which is making me stressed. I am, simply, a pile of stress. But I digress. The Work I worked as a […]