I went to the first UD Irish Culture Club meeting last week at school. My friend met a girl who wanted to start it but didn't want to be an officer because she's a graduating senior etc. He asked me to go & support him so I did, not expecting much to come out of it. But it turns out that I met two girls there that I used to Irish step dance with! I actually danced with the friend that asked me to go with him as well, but we were both surprised to see our former classmates show up.
Then on unofficial St. Patrick's Day, my dad was on a bar crawl or loop or something & said "your friend Erin from ICC is here." I was baffled. How did they start talking? How did he know that I knew her? I don't even think I formally introduced myself to Erin when I re-met her because I was so astonished that we were crossing paths again - so how did she know who I was based on a conversation with my dad?
The whole thing was very confusing to me, so I asked my dad what the hell he was talking about and it turns out that Erin's uncle is one of my dad's best friends from grade school.. Wilmington is small... but the Irish community in Wilmington is even smaller. It will never cease to amaze me.
In other news, I've been struggling with how to tell my dad that Matt & I are living together next year. We've already signed the lease & I know I don't need his permission, given that I am a rationally thinking adult. His opinion doesn't matter at all in this situation, but if you know anything about my dad you know my task isn't an easy one.
It's really a very long & involved story but at this point I'm really struggling with anticipating how my dad will react & how to essentially tell him that his only little girl is grown up, making decisions without consulting him & living out of wedlock with a significant other. I don't do a lot of things wrong, especially not in my father's eyes (now that i'm in college i'm heaven-sent, but this wasn't always the case). But this one little deviation from the norm is making me feel like a criminal. I know deep down that my living situation for next year isn't wrong by any stretch of the imagination, but the truth is that i've been playing it pretty safe the past couple of years, doing everything I was supposed to do at the exact time i was supposed to do it.
Well there's more to the story but I'll save it for another day. This blog is too long as it is!
