Happy Christmas from Ireland

Okay. So you all know I'm a crappy blogger- so I am sorry for not updating recently, but you knew what you were in for!

Okay, I promise to expand on all of this later, but here are some snapshots of my doings for the past while.

I went to Belfast. And walked across this:









I presented at the Sibeal Feminist Conference at the University of Limerick- a paper I wrote for my 19th Century Art History class at BYU. My friends Shayna and Sam came with me, so it wasn't terrible! I was a lot younger than everyone there, and pretty intimidated... but I must say, no barfing (in public) and no passing out, it went very well.


School's shaping out okay. I am turning in what will basically be the first chapter of my dissertation in a few days. My thesis will be about Saint Brigit of Kildare (in Ireland) and the use of Marian apparitions and appropriation of pagan traditions by Christian missionaries- I even get to tie in a whole chapter about the Lady of Guadalupe, which I did my senior thesis on. In every nerdy way possible, I absolutely love it.

Christmas in Ireland is pretty magical, they are very religious and so they go all out for Christmas. I especially love Dublin...there are lights everywhere, they play Christmas music constantly, and there is just general holiday spirit in the air.





Very cool. However, I miss home and I will not be doing this again (by choice). I miss these weirdos way more than I ever have:

However, I will be gaining one weirdo for the Christmas break!!
So excited for this girl to come! We'll be going to Scotland two days after Christmas and spending New Year's there. It's going to be a blast!!

Anyway, MERRY CHRISTMAS friends and family and those unfortunate enough to be waiting around for me to post another blog entry. Hopefully I'll get a longer, more detailed blog post up in the next year or so. Just kidding- I will!! Miss you all and have a wonderful holiday season- Eat, drink, and be merry!! :)