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Sunday, January 29th 1995

Dearest Ciara, Hello, my pet, how are you? Glad to be reunited with your beloved wee sis. I bet! I 'm so jealous of her getting away to visit you Ð I only wish I could do the same. No doubt you 'll have a madly riotous time Ð can't wait to hear all the craic when BJ returns.

So, we 're here at the end of yet another rivetingly exciting weekend in Belfast Ð NOT! Friday as usual was Union night but still BJ and I have been unsuccessful on the Mullane front! Fred wasn't actually there so at least BJ had an excuse! I had a wee chat to David but that was the height of it. Last night, Rachel and I went to see "Shallow Grave" with Ciaran and Sammy. The film was really excellent but very gory and I spent half the film under the seat and the other half with my face buried in Rachels shoulder! We had a hilarious time anyway as Rach and I where trying our best not to look as if we were in a foursome with Ciaran and Sammy! The two boys where looking particularly unsavoury as Ciarans hair is now at least 2 weeks past its "due a haircut stage" and Sammy was wearing a shirt and tie under his anorak!!! (as he 'd been for an interview with Marks and Spencers that day) So Rach and I were leaping about in front of them in the queue and trying to loose them in the Pic'n'mix shop eh, eh!! We were being total bitches about the whole thing but the boys didn't seem to notice!!

Ciaran asked me on Thursday to go to the Pharmacy formal so I said I would. I first of all tried to persuade him to take Siobhan but he said the evening is going to be very stressful for him as it is, with speeches etc, and if he took Siobhan it would be just too stressful for him to cope with! Now that I 've said I 'll go I 'm actually quite looking forward to it. It will be so nice to be out with a totally different crowd where nobody knows me or anything about me or Zach etc. It's on February 15th so now I 'm dress hunting. BJ and I went shopping yesterday for your pressies (hope you like them Ð I 'm so jealous as I would love them all myself) and I ended up buying a red dress for myself for £ 7!! in Top Shop. Its a nice dress but it's not very fancy so I 'll keep my eyes open for any others I may see in the next fortnight.

I 'm feeling totally stuffed and sick at the moment as we were out for Sunday lunch with Gran and Uncle Gerry today. I got lentil croquettes in a mushroom sauce which was beautiful but the portions were too enormous for one person to manage Ð probably the chocolate fudge sundae I had for dessert didn't help much either!!

I hope you are continuing to be well fed and watered and warm and all those other essential things.

I 'll love you and leave you and wish you a wonderful birthday and a brilliant year being 22 (you old fogie) and send you a big birthday hug and kiss via Betty-Jane, Lots of love and kisses and best wishes for Friday, Emma xoxo

Hope you like the birthday card and that it dosen't scare you too much! Maybe you would be best NOT to stick this one up on your wall as if you came in v. drunk one night you might think it was real and trying TO EAT YOU !!!!
