Warning . . . no pictures with this one!

I figured I should warn you at the beginning of the post that I was too lazy to upload pictures to go along with this entry . . . that way those of you who only tune in for the pics can log off and try again!

Anyways, it's hard to believe that things are actually winding down over here. Crazy! On Monday and Tuesday my inspector will be here to observe me and make sure that I am still fit to teach children . . . keep your fingers crossed and I'll keep you posted! After that, I only have two weeks of student teaching left and then I'm done! Then I've got a week off to do some of the exploring (aka shopping) that I haven't had a chance to do yet, and then I'm on my way home!

This weekend I went to a real, live, fancy fashion show. Yes, you heard me, I went to a fashion show. I had to put together the trendiest outfit I had just to feel semi-trendy. You can't even believe some of the things that people were wearing. I would have to say that it was some of the best people watching I've done in years . . . and I worked at the Mall of America people! Anyways, like I said, my friend Mckenzie and I got all dressed up, mingled with the beautiful people, got free beauty products, and got the scoop on all the upcoming European fashion trends. I've decided that if the whole teaching thing doesn't work out, I'll become a designer or a fashion consultant . . . something like that!

I am sad that I'll be missing Thanksgiving this year. In both Bray and Dublin yesterday the remaining Christmas trees/lights were lit. It's so pretty, but it's been very odd transitioning straight to Christmas without the buffer holiday of Thanksgiving. While it's obviously not celebrated in Europe, our schools and cooperating teachers are being very nice about the fact that we'll all be away from home on a holiday. I've got a half-day on Thursday, so I'll be able to get home early to put our turkey in the oven! Some of you may have heard this already, but we actually had to go down to the butcher and request that he get us a turkey for this week, we had to specify that we wanted him to take OFF the head, neck, and feet! I'm sure I'll have plenty of pictures to post after we attempt to cook a traditional American Thanksgiving dinner here in Ireland! On Tuesday night I'm actually going to have to head in to Dublin to try to find the "specialty" items we need - like canned pumpkin and pie tins!

Anyways, Happy Holidays to all! Have a lovely Thanksgiving, I'll miss you all!