February 24, 2011

Today was really warm and beautiful! I was wearing what I would in California; jeans and a t-shirt. I went for another run today but the grass was soppin wet with patches of hidden slushy mud so my feet got soaked and my running pants got really muddy. Isobel, a girl from school, slept over last night because Ellie and Rachel went to X Factor (U.K. and Ireland version of American Idol) last night and took one friend each. So today Ellie, Isobel, and I met with our friend Rachel in Dalkey at a park with five other people. We played with a rugby ball and soccer ball for about two or three hours. We just wanted to stop by the park in Dalkey because I really wanted to get this amazing bagel in Dun Laoghaire, but time just flew by. Once we realized it was five Ellie and I, because Isobel stayed at the park, took off for the Dart station to get to Dun Laoghaire. We hurried up to the bagel shop and they were closed and had just started mopping the floors. I was disappointed and walked to the nearest centra, basically a healthier 711, and picked up a chicken sandwich and yoghurt. Ellie wanted McDonalds so I ate my food in there. We took the Dart home and were greeted with delicious lamb steak, steamed veggies, and mashed potatoes. Ellie left for babysitting and her parents went to dinner, so it was just Rachel, her friend and I and we decided that we were going to make a cake. We wanted to be creative and not follow a recipe. The cake ended up having plain flour, egg, caster sugar, brown sugar, butter, vanilla essence, baking powder, baking chocolate, and my made up filling that consisted of icing sugar, butter, and vanilla essence. Rachel and I were the only ones who found it good. I mean it wasn't going to win any kind of award but it wasn't horrible. Rahel's friend Tessa after one bite said no thankyou when we offered her more, but Ellie and her parents thought it absolutely awful when they got home. But I liked it, so more for me!