Back to the streets where we began

Today is an incredibly bizarre day. Let's bullet point!

• I went to bed at 4:30 because I just couldn't stop watching all the VMA videos of our wretched, precious boys. UGH SO MANY HEARTS.
  
• My body then proceeded to wake me up at 9 AM with a horrifically sore throat. That's right, 4.5 hours of sleep. BUT I'M NOT TIRED. It's so bizarre. I drank like a gallon of orange juice and my throat no longer hurts, which is good.
  
• The gynecologist called - pap smear was negative, but urine culture showed a urinary tract infection. My first one! Oh joy! *makes face*
  
• Karyn Convey from the international office at F&M called to tell me that she'd spoken to the Butler people, who run a study abroad program at Trinity (you may recognize the name from the list of study abroad programs that got subpoenaed after the recent New York Times article :P) and THEY HAVE A FREE SPOT IN THEIR HOUSING!!!! She didn't know many details, so I called the Butler person and he got me the specifics, and OH MY GOD this is fucking IDEAL. It's a gorgeous new-ish apartment complex in the heart of Dublin (Click! IT'S GORGEOUS!!!!), a ten minute walk from Trinity. I'd have a double room in a mini-suite with one other double, so three suitemates total. It has a kitchen and a lounge. The price Butler's charging is *so* much less than anything I could get in Dublin (about $1000 a month) and it's this amazing building with fitness facilities and a quiet area away from the bustle of Dublin proper, and it's just. A DREAM COME TRUE. The only drawback (and it's a kind of big one) is that the building doesn't have internet (?!? I do not understand) soooo, you know. However, being so close to Trinity's campus, with its wireless network, I don't think that will be a terrible hardship. It's certainly not worth passing up this opportunity and spending like a million dollars more on something not nearly as awesome. SO. I HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE OMG YAAAAAAAAY.

God that is such an incredible weight off. The main reason I was getting nervous was because of the uncertainty of where I was gonna lay my head. But then this happened! YAYE x A MILLION.

I'm STILL all about the VMA vids. A-MAZ-ING. <3333

What's the worst that I can say? Things are better if I stay

If anyone feels like watching five seconds of Bden and Jwalk being precious (and who doesn't???) go HERE and it's the main video. They show up for a second at 2:50, and then at 3:31 they talk in unison and ummmm I want to SMISH them.

My 4.5 hours of sleep are finally kicking me in the ass. I fell asleep reading on my dad's bed (his room kinda doubles as a family room, yeah our house is eetle) but he had to wake me up so HE could go to bed, and now I'm all jittery and ugh. Bed soon.

I just watched MCR's video for Helena on YouTube again, and it makes me honest to god cry, full on tears. It's so passionate and grief-laden and intense and beautifully done.

I have a to do list over the next week (!!!!! OH MY GOD SO SOON) or so that's making me cringe and not want to do ANYTHING. Has anyone packed for something like this before? Going far far away on a plane for a very long time? Have any tips in terms of saving space, where to start? ACK. I can't handle this >.