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Published: July 18th 2015
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Like any classic Monday, I woke up 10 minutes before I was supposed to head out the door for the bus. I'm not too sure how that happened, but I still made it and managed to make some breakfast to go! I wasn't about to let that start to the week determine my weekly fun. Work this week flew by! Many of the children are going to units next school year and therefore, we are encouraging them to get used to new environments by switching up which classroom they are in. Some take to it well, others not so much. Yay for more behavioral therapy! It is amazing to see the children's progress in the short amount of time I've been here. They are very intelligent kiddos that sometimes just need a little bit extra explanation and help finding the solution.
This week in Dublin, my roommates and I tried many new foods. We went to a place called Crackbirds which had Irish fried chicken. The only way I can describe the difference in taste from American fried chicken, is that the Irish chicken is much less greasy and had a different, sweeter flavor. At the end of the week
I went out to dinner with my co-workers as an end of the school year celebration. We went to an Italian restaurant called Pacino's. Constantly living on a college budget, I've ever been to a place with three course fancy meals so this was pretty fancy to me. We had smoked salmon with arugula for a starter; creamy garlic penne pasta for a main; and a sticky toffee pudding for dessert. The night was extremely fun and relaxing. The Irish are hilarious and I got to hear many stories about their typical Irish nights out. It was also lovely to have a nice chat with the staff in such a casual setting and it was nice to wear "real people clothes" rather than jeans and a tshirt. The Murphy's Law at work is, "if you like the clothes you wore to work, something will be spilled on it by the end of the day." It's one of the many... perks of working with preschoolers! Other than that, I made fried rice and chicken for my roommates which one of them has never had fried rice before. I KNOW. I couldn't believe it either, but she loved it and is now
a fan of the dish.
As far as being adventurous, this week was much more tame than others. After work one day, Caitlyn and I explored the famous Glasnevin Cemetery. It was the first non-denominational cemetery in all of Ireland. The nine acre cemetery holds over 1 million graves including many famous Irish such as Daniel O'Connell, who some people refer to as the "Liberator of Ireland." We walked around for a bit and ended up in the Botanic Gardens by accident. The two connect! Both the gardens and the cemetery had incredibly gorgeous landscape. The gardens had endless amounts of green houses, rows of flowers, and green fields. In the middle of the week, Emily and I took a bus to Bray where there is a hiking trail along the cliff that ends in Greystone. In Bray, we waded in the water for a bit which was surprisingly warm! On the other hand, maybe it was only slightly warmer than when we jumped off the Forty Foot to go swimming, but nevertheless, it felt nice. The four mile hike is along the coast of the sea and we stopped many times along the path to stare and take in the scenery. We had a nice leisurely hike and an equally as grand picnic dinner on the pier in Greystone where we watched the sunset. Later in the week I went to The Little Museum of Dublin. It's located in a very quaint, narrow house in the middle of Merrion Square along a strip of of other houses turned into business offices. Each bedroom was turned into an exhibit. My favorite rooms were the U2 room with everything Bono and more, a the Alfie room. Alfie was one of the first leaders of Ireland when it became it's own country and was a very well-known and personable politician. Lastly, we went to a Karaoke night at Ukiyo. Emily and I showed up together and were supposed to meet a large group of interns from all over the world. We accidentally ended up singing and dancing with random strangers whom we thought might be part of our group. It was good craic and they didn't seem to mind us! We eventually found the other interns and had a great time with them as well!
Now, the reason behind the title of this post. Friday afternoon, Tiffany I had 11 minutes before our second bus arrived on our way home from work. I decided to go to the post office and she to get a cup of coffee. I safely crossed one intersection and then quickly scurried across the second one as cars were coming down the road. As I was crossing the second, I heard a woman yelling. This initially was just background noise to me until it registered that she was screaming someone's name. I looked to my left and saw a little girl standing in the street debating whether to run back to her frantic mom or not. I sprinted over and scooped her into my arms right as the speeding bus, which was honking and had no intentions of stopping, sped on by. My heels were up against the curb, heart racing, grasping this child. I stepped onto the sidewalk trying not the shake as I saw the little girl's facial expression. We were both terrified as to what just occurred, but I knew I had to keep calm and distract her from crying. I forced out something silly about her matching pink crocs, shirt and jumper, and basically rambled for the 30 seconds before it was safe for her mom to cross the street. She ran across the street with her other two kiddos. The mother thanked and hugged me with tears rolling down her face. After that, I went to the post office and then back to the bus stop to tell Tiffany about the recent, near death experience. Her eyes got very big as she said, "Savannah, I only left you for 6 whole minutes!!!" At the time, my brain was still processing what had happened too.
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