hello my dear internet friends!! i was absent for a while as i was busy having fun :P
anyway
to stick to the main topic of this blog post, sonder is a beautiful
thing to feel and i honestly love it when it strikes me dead in a random
moment in time.
so for context, i just had my
Debs (which is prom over here in Ireland) and i had so much fun!!
everyone looked so cute and pretty. we were going to this luxury hotel
down the country so we had a very fun bus trip too. lots of familiar
faces from my 5 years in school, it felt like proper closure.
i
went all-out goth with modern trad makeup and a gorgeous skirt with an
off shoulder top (all put together by random pieces i had at home). so
many girls (and lads too) complimented my style!! they said it was so
refreshing to see someone stick out and fight against the standard shein
dress + fake tan body spray. I feel so confident in myself now. The
girls said it was MY style, and that it suited me like no other, and
trust me i have branched out before.
we had dinner (steak, mash spuds, veg) and dessert too :3
after
that we were allll escorted into the nightclub below the hotel (yes
below the hotel). the DJ played so many classics that i have on repeat
rn as i type this, main I'm Not Alone by Calvin Harris and Still
Sleepless by D.O.D ft. Carla Monroe. he even played Cha Cha Slide, the
Macarena, Saturday Night, House Every Weekend, WAP, so many hits that
had us all screaming when we recognised them!!
we partied HARD from 10pm til 3 in the morning.
then
they gave us breakfast at 3 too :3 toast, tea, beans, sausages and
bacon steaks too omg. never felt so good to taste food after dancing so
hard.
the moment of sonder was when everyone
was on the dancefloor just vibing, tipsy and smiling. we were all
practically bar hopping in the hotel.
i was
taking a moment to drink my 4th vodka cranberry of the night when i felt
it. we were young and free. some of us had plans to become nurses. some
wanted to head straight into the workforce. some wished to become
mothers. some had parents pass before the night. some had plans to leave
the country to pursue their higher education.
this
was the last night all of us would be together dancing in that small
smoke-filled room without a care in the world. i felt myself almost
crying but i just smiled and hopped into the floor as Fireball came on
lmao (FIREBAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLL)
i'll miss the
drunk girls in the bathroom telling me their own lore or gossip. i'll
miss talking to the girls on the hotel rooftops about tats and nails
with cigarettes in our hands. i'll miss that night heavily. i still am
right now, thinking about it. the music isn't helping but i'm smiling i
guess.
it was a bittersweet goodbye i suppose. everyone having fun and laughing and just... a proper end.
to think i was planning on not GOING. :0
... and i honestly believe Mayo winning made everyones mood even better for the night lmao
(for
the non-irish, our counties essentially battle it out in our own
"superbowl" called the All-Ireland. theres one for hurling and Gaelic
football. basically county Mayo last won the all-ireland football back
in 1951 and havent won since bcus SUPPOSEDLY a priest cursed that team
to never win again because they "disrupted a funeral" as they drove by
it. now, it had been 75 years since they last won it, and that curse was
broken last Sunday (july 26th) as they bet county Kerry. the entire
country is celebrating it and Mayo is in tears. like, so many people are
crying joy. even the commentators. i found out they won because the
entire bus was screaming lol. im still deaf :P )
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ghosting/xiv
i love the way this was written, makes me feel like i was there (☆▽☆)
envyadams
omg this whole blog is just so sweet I’m so glad you experienced such joy during your Debs!! Moments like those just make life feel soooo mystical and wonderful!! (*´∀｀*) 💕