My Time in Ireland

Gaming

While me and my sister were sitting way too close to the TV watching cartoons, my dad came home from work with a bright yellow box that turned out to be a PlayStation 2 he won at work. He had also got a Tiger Woods golf game. We soon had it set up and me, my sister, and Dad were playing golf, passing the controller between each other. We later got a few more games and I bought a memory card. I could finally save my progress in games.

Later, we went on a trip to America after my communion and I got to spend money. I bought myself a Midnight Blue Nintendo DS along with LEGO Indiana Jones(I love LEGO so it was really cool to play with my favourite toys as part of a game). This was the first game device that I owned and was the start of my gaming life.

Drawing

While I was at Mountmellick and Clonaghadoo, my middle school and elementary schools in Ireland, I would always draw and sketch. I had my first official drawing class in Mountmellick which I wasn’t great at, but would draw often. I drew a lot and would just doodle in class much to the annoyance of many teachers. They did the stereotypical thing saying I can't always be drawing and doodling in class. haha, look at me now. It's my major.

Sports

While at a friend’s house opposite the local football field, I heard a lot of noise coming from over the hedge. I asked my friend’s mom what was going on and she brought me across to see. I saw a bunch of my friends playing football with each other and I asked if I could go play. She said sure and so I went over, was given a jersey and played with my friends. I just had fun kicking the ball around. This was my first introduction to Gaelic Football, a sport that I ended up sticking with. I did also play a couple years of soccer but that'll be brought up more later in life

Moving to America

So in 2013, my family had made plans to go for a summer-long vacation to America. For the first few weeks, we were just bouncing around locations, but we spent the majority of the time in California with cousins. We had so much fun and were enjoying our break. Then, near the end, in our last week of the vacation, Mom and Dad brought my sister and I to a restaurant in the town that we were living in during the summer, San Luis Obispo. They asked us how we had enjoyed our vacation was, what our experience was like, and what we thought of it all. And then my mom asked, “What would you think of the idea of moving here?” To which Ella, my sister, got very excited, very quickly about the amazing amount of things and opportunities for her. I was very shy about it because I remember saying that I was nervous of losing my friends in Ireland. And during that night at the restaurant and the following day, we talked a bit more about it. And then, I guess, I agreed to moving to the States. So, after the US trip, we went back home and packed up our entire house that I spent my entire life in two weeks. Then, on October 14th, we were now living in the States. And the next day, my sister and I started middle school.