Carlingford

Day  One

Monday the 15th was the morning I was dreading, only because I had to get the bus at 7am... Iam not usually awake then, no actually Iam never awake then, unless I stayed up all night and Iam going to sleep then. So of course in true Laura style I got to the bus just in time and sat down beside Ciara. The first thing we did was eat and try to connect to the Internet, that's  pretty much the definition of us. Thanks to Ireland's many country roads though we had no service... for a two hour journey, we were not amused. This called for a One Direction jam session, after we had realised it had been months since we had one. The rest of the journey was a blur of One Direction, laughing and fangirling.

When we arrived in Carlingford we were all sorted into rooms, which turned out to be alot harder then you would think. I was in a room with Aislinn and Ciara. We were then sent straight to kayaking which involved putting on disgusting wet suits. Aislinn, Ciara and I were to say the least not great at kayaking, we had a boat following us because we were so slow. It wasn't our finest hour.

Then we had my favourite activity, Laser Tag. We all put on camo onsies and got guns which made me feel like i was in the book Divergent. After walking up an impossibly steep hill we made it to the forest, where the laser war began. I loved this game because i got to shoot people it was like being in a video game, I hid out in different bases and used the fact that Iam small to my advantage. One time i hid behind a tree and shot people in their base with one hand sticking out, so they couldn't shoot me. I even killed Aislinn without her knowing it was me, sorry not sorry Aislinn.

Then we had a two hour break which of course meant going on the hunt for food. Possibly one of the greatest success's of the trip was accomplished then... We found the ten cent lollipops! Proving Ciara didn't eat them all! After that we had an activity called 'Nightline' which involved walking blindfolded in a line through the dark forest, In did not like the idea of this. So I may have had my blindfold on in the perfect way so it looked like I couldn't see but I really could. This meant I had the job of warning my friends of upcoming turns or drops. When we got back to our room it was time to eat all of our stash, which consisted terry's chocolate orange, pringles, rice (yes rice), ten cent lollipops and a lot more.

Day Two

7:30am, we had to get up at 7:30am way too early to move. Old music was being played all throughout the building, like the classic 'What makes you beautiful' by One Direction which I am pretty sure we are all a bit sick of by now. We then went Canadian canoeing, which meant we were in three boats bound together with wood and rope. Lots of us then jumped into the water which was freezing but so much fun, there was also a trampoline on the water that we then of course had to jump off.

The last activity was team building exercises where we had to complete challenges for the reward of gems. Of course because I am small this involved me being lifted up high through small holes and having piggy back rides because we need more weight on a small area. It was actually surprisingly really fun.

It was then time to get on the bus and head home, we were all really tired from two days of activities and we were all ready to go home at that stage. We actually had service on the way home, so Ciara and I passed the time by snapchatting our friend, listening to our favourite band(Not One Direction actually) and laughing at our inside jokes.

We Are Doomed

Our first week of Ty was all about getting to know each other and finding out what the rest of the year would be like. We were split into three classes which are named Disney princesses; Ariel, Belle and Aurora. I am in class Aurora along with some of my friends. Last Wednesday we had three workshops; A first aid workshop, Etiquette workshop and a Positive parties workshop.

The first aid workshop was first and I had to pretend to be choking so that another girl could pretend to save my life. It was a memorable experience to say the least. We then had to apply what we had learnt and try to put a bandage on our friends... Ciara, Aislinn and judging by how we did, we would all be doomed in an accident.

The second workshop was an Etiquette workshops and lets just say it wasn't quite what we were expecting and I am not talking about the fact that we had to wear tracksuits and heels. A red carpet was set up in the second year mall for us to strut down like we are Beyonce. We didn't look very much like Beyonce more like girls in heels and tracksuits struggling to keep a book on their heads. I think heels and tracksuits could be the next big trend, well maybe not. It's definitely a story that we can tell though.

The last workshop was a Positive Parties workshop which involved crazy ways of staying positive and everybody getting a lei, we had our own little part of Hawaii in the library. As part of the workshop we did 'Laughter Yoga' which was essentially doing yoga but also fake laughing at the same time but of course as it was so ridiculous we all just ended up in fits of laughter. We also got sweets which of course made my friends and I happy bunnies. At the end we did the Cha-Cha slide and even though Ciara nearly fell over, sorry Ciara that was kinda my fault, it brought back memories of GAA which of course made us laugh.

This Wednesday we had no workshops because we were collecting our Junior Cert results. We went to school at 10 to 12 to collect them. I was glad about that because it meant I got to sleep for longer, that's always good. After collecting out results everyone was calmer and a lot of us forgot all about about them because we were going out with our friends that night. It would be understatement to say we were tired the next day.

I am intrigued to see what the rest of Ty will be like, especially next week as we are going on a trip to Carlingford.