WE BOOKED OUR FLIGHTS!!

Yes ladies and gentlemen, you read the title correctly, your eyes do not deceive you. This is not a drill, okay enough... It is with great pleasure and excitement (and also quite a few nerves!) that I can formally announce that myself and Larry have finally booked our flights! It was a very scary moment, I'm not going to lie. As I sat there browsing through various flight options, hoping to strike upon a cheap deal my heart was in my mouth. I kept looking at Larry and he knew I was scared and apprehensive even though I have said numerous times how excited I was and how I couldn't wait to get out of here yet, when it came down to it, I was scared. I'm sure those of you who have been though this experience have had a similar feeling. 

                  In the end myself and Larry got a pretty decent deal on our flights. We leave on January 20th 2015, flying to Toronto from Dublin. We're going to be staying there for a few days with family members I have there before continuing on to Calgary, Alberta where my sister lives, our new home! We have yet to actually book our ongoing flights to Calgary but from pricing flights, I can tell you we will more than likely fly on Jan 24th? Weirdly booking the flight for a Saturday is the cheapest day?! Currently we have 117 days to wait, also did anyone notice that from today it's exactly three months to Xmas! This year is flying! I'm so excited!! 

Earlier this month I celebrated my birthday and I've decided I'm going to buy myself a proper camera. Probably a DSLR or something of that nature. All I have at the moment is a small (crappy) Samsung digital camera which is fine for nights out or whatever but, it was only cheap and while I was on vacation in Canada this summer it drove me mad! It has bad battery power, memory storage is limited and it just isn't good for taking good photos. I plan on including lots of photos in the blog, just to break it up a bit and to really allow my readers to join in on my experience in moving to Canada. Don't worry, that will be happening soon, just still deciding what camera to buy! They can be very expensive cameras to buy so, I don't want to rush into this making a purchase. Any tips or recommendations that you may have and you can give to me regarding cameras would be greatly appreciated. :)

Thanks for reading,
Ciara. 

Results Day

The time between the day I sat my repeat exam and the day I got my result (today!) felt like an eternity. I found myself incessantly thinking about the result of the exam and the impact it would have on my future. With each day my confidence fell dramatically about the likelihood of whether I passed. I was so sure that I would have to repeat the exam again in January. I also found myself working really excessive hours, last week I worked 8 days straight in work and this made me realise how much I wanted to get out of there! I felt overworked and underpaid as the saying goes and therefore, I really needed to pass! This also made me feel like I could have done more studying, I could have worked harder. “Shoulda, coulda, woulda…” 

Having said all that, It is with great pleasure that I can officially announce that I did indeed pass my exam. It wasn't an impressive grade, it was just a mediocre pass but, that's all that I wanted. It does mean that I am forever finished college and will be graduating in October/November. 
          Coincidently, today is actually my 24th birthday so, It may have been a tough week but today, has brought some very good news. The next step in the process will be the scariest one so far. The one that will make it official. It's time to book the flights... 

Thanks for reading,
Ciara.