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20th November 1994

My dearest Ciara, I just thought I would beat the rush and be the first person to send you a card for Christmas '94. I got your letter yesterday and was dead jealous of the brill time you 're having. I 'd really love to come over in January when you are off. I have an exam on Jan 24th so maybe I could fly over after that (if I get loads of money for Christmas / win the national lottery / rob a bank) and join in all your wonderful socialising. This has been the most boring weekend ever. Steve is in Cookstown for some SDLP thing. Martin and John are in Clonmell for the Freshers waterpolo competition. And the remainder of us were too boring, tired and fed up to plan anything for ourselves. On Friday night Ciaran and Sammy and Jim B. called to watch TV (The Friday night TV club as we have renamed ourselves) and last night I watched TV all alone. Wow Ð the excitement is killing me!!
I decided to revamp my bedroom this weekend (in lieu of a social life!) I have painted my bedside cabinet "moonshine blue" and my shelves and headboard "mulbury crush" and they look completely different and I feel as if I have a new room! In the midst of my painting I got locked out of the house in my t-shirt, jeans and socks. There was no-one else home so I crossed over to our neighbours looking like some deranged maniac with paint up my arms, face and hair and no shoes on to use their phone. I called Ciaran who came and rescued me. Firstly we tried to break into the house but after failing at that he drove me down to Jonathans

to get his key Ð thankfully he was in and the story ended happily Ð  "Tout est bien, qui finit bien Ð n'est ce pas?!"

We then headed off to Budget DIY and chose the "Mulbury Crush" paint which was in fact the highlight of my entire weekend! Sorry this is such a boring card but there is really not much to tell. The only good news is that my mum and dad are going to Lanzarote from Dec 29th Ð Jan 5th so we 'll have lots of Christmas parties in your honour!
BJ says she is feeling much more positive about the Tim saga Ð which is a good sign Ð I only hope it lasts as she deserves to be cheered up. Rachel and Alex had their first lovers tiff on Friday night because he went home to Armagh on Thursday night without telling her. She gave him a real telling off and I 'm sure he's really upset as he is so crazy about her. He sent her a love-letter to her work on Tuesday! Isn't that so sweet?! Anyway, that's the height of our bizz for the moment. I 'll try and find something interesting to write about next time and if not I 'll just make it up!!

See you soon Ð Yeah! All my love, Emma xoxoxoxoxox
