This thought came into my brain on Thursday when I entered my local bookshop to purchase Mockingjay, something I have wanted to do since I read Catching Fire last year. Imagine my disappointment then when I search the shelf to no avail, only to ask and be told that the shipment had been messed up and only one large book chain in the entire country possessed this book. Not that I'm complaining, but seeing as we already had to wait an extra day after the US release date, I was feeling rather hard done by.
But it was only today during a conversation with my mum in which we discussed how handy it would be to live in "proper Europe" that my epiphany struck. Even though, according to Wikipedia, Ireland is the twentieth largest island in the world, it still is just that; an island. We need a plane or a boat to get out of here. I can see the sea from my attic window and the mountains from my bedroom. Our population stands at roughly 4 million people, half that of the entire city of New York. Yet, to me, this place is huge.
It never before crossed my mind that people might think of Ireland as a small place. In reality, I have been living through "island life" without really thinking of myself as an islander. But I feel like this isn't entirely my fault. I'm pretty sure there are hundreds if not thousands of Irish people who have never given a thought to the fact that we are little people living on a little island.
One thing is for sure, there is a lot of world out there to see. While I might not be able to get there just yet, this little island girl is going to go somewhere and see new things.
And then, of course, I'll come home again.
I feel: Enlightened
I smell: Fresh bedsheets
I hear: That pop from facebook chat (multitasking)
I see: My new shoes happily sitting on my floor (pink)
Love,
Shauna
xxx
Island life is pretty cool! I like that people have to travel the sea to get to us! Tis a bit romantic me thinks :D
ReplyDelete@Kate Oooh romantic, I never thought of that. Clearly we've discovered why the Americans like us so much :P
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