Rainbow Chaser

Generally speaking, one shower for 6 girls is not enough. So here I sit, kinda stinky from a run with only 20 minutes before meeting friends for half price happy hour ice cream sundaes. Now you are all happy I am across an ocean from you.

Speaking of oceans... how in the world do tides work? One day the ocean is far away, the next it is practially at my doorstep and two hours later, far away again. Must do some research. Or, perhaps my science-loving boyfriend could explain??

Apparently, I am not an American. Or at least that's what it feels like when my housemates and other new accquaintences start talking about American TV shows. And I just have to say, "Huh??" I just don't have time for TV in my fast paced American lifestyle. But things are different here, and so my Irish, English, and Scottish housemates have caught me up to speed with the OC when we watched 4 episodes last night, and I watched an episode of Desperate Housewives the other night. Unfortunatly, the one show I can hold my own in, Friends, is not that big of a deal here. Yeah. Seems a bit ironic that I'm watching more American TV in Scotland. Not so proud of this. But in my defense, my goal tonight was to make friends with my housemates and since one has torn ligaments in both of her feet, I just walked into her room and since she couldn't walk away from me, I stayed and forced them to hang out with me. Good plan.

There are faeries here. For real. I was minding my own business a few days ago, just running along a cliff-like-hill, when I turned and saw a rainbow right in front of me. Aw. It was beautiful and I stood and watched it for a few minutes, just being happy for all the good things I have in my life. I kept running for like 5 more minutes and when I turned again, the rainbow was still right in front of me, but brighter. So I did the only logical thing I could thing of... climb down the hill towards the sea and find the end of the rainbow. It was clearly right in front of me. So I precarioulsy ventured down the steep bluff, and of course right when I was half way down, I looked up and the rainbow was gone. Oooh, tricked by a Scottish lepruachan and his pot of gold! But its okay, I will always be a rainbow chaser.