Travel day = OVER

I'm soo glad to be done traveling. I'm still in that weird "travel-zombie" mode, though, where days seem to blend together...and I have to keep reminding myself that it's actually Friday evening, now.

My two plane rides went very smoothly. I didn't get much sleep, however, on the international flight -- and since I hadn't slept much the night before, well, I was marvelously sleep deprived by the time I got to Dublin. But, I caught up on sleep on the train to Cork...well, maybe an hour's worth...and then I kept trying to unpack when I got the apt., but kept falling asleep. Napping at 5pm seems rather odd to me, but I got a good 2 hrs out of it. And then, today I slept until 2pm. Hopefully that should catch me up...'cause I can't afford to sleep that late again.

I totally rocked at packing my large bag, though -- it weighed in at 49.2 lbs & the limit was 50 lbs. It made me ridiculously happy. I think the guy at the ticket counter was slightly worried about that.
I wasn't as happy, however, when I had to drag it through one airport and two train stations. But, I've found there are some very nice older gentlemen in Ireland who are very happy to help a poor girl struggling with a ton of luggage.

I'm in a two person apt. -- which is nice, esp. as my roommate is also a grad. student. But, I get to hear all the road traffic, since my room is much closer to the road -- I'm on the outside of the courtyard, basically.