So long, farewell!

I must say, i am absolutely overwhemled with the votes i got. i was expecting about 10.... maybe 30 if i was being optimistic, but considering no campaiging was done for the last two days and i didnt visit one classroom or give a speech, i recieved a third of the votes. It goes to chose people actually listen and believe in words of someone who means them. I am so overwhelmed, i know with a bit more effort i could win next year....however ill be on my placement year, so if and when i chose to run again, ill be startin frm scratch again. regardless, i hope Mickey works towards some of the issues i wanted to address, as well as his own now that he is VP of Magee.

round of applause***

Although i would love to be VP, i am so happy he won, not only will i get to go abroad on placement, its opened my eyes to alot of the issues at magee so i will be better suited to address them in future. I have another year if not two, to run again, whereas this was his last year, so im actually so happy he won it, he appreciates it just as much if not more than me, so i am so happy for him.
Although there was alot of hassle during the week over campaigning, as ive said before, it wasnt him, and i think he'll do an amazing job, different approach than me, but amazing none the less.
WELL DONE MICKEY, not just a congratulations but a massive GOOD LUCK, youve deff got your work cut out for you! running this lot.

#gettingquiggywithit

(the only time i will be using that lol)

So lets get a run through of the day.... the sun is splitting the trees (cultchy for its sunny outside) so magically nobody has class but everyones relaxing outdoors, unfortunately voting being an indoor activity, the good students of derry were having none of that.
So not many votes were to be had. The polls closed at 12 noon, sealed shut, done and dusted. and from there i just relaxed, i just had this calmness about me all day, i didnt care, win or lose (which i thought was strange, i thought id panic on the day, but no) i was very content, and had an 'if its meant to be, its meant to be' attitude.
I hope nobody took my calm attitude as an 'i dont care' attitude, i was just accepting the results either way. i was truly prepared to win and lose. So next year me and mickey will have a seriously big experience, he will run a university and i will live in another country .... thats the rules, lose a student council election and you get banished from the country. kidding.

Went around campus collecting every scrap of election stuff, mainly posters, manifestos and boards. This was a far harder task due to the fact it was so warm with our amazing weather BUT i would like to personally thank all the smart asses out there who tore down my posters during the week....instead of ripping down about a hundred odd posters, i only had to lift about 30, so you made my day alot easier, thankyou for your consideration.

they've had quite a week

Once that was done, ice lollies had to be had, then we met up in front of the library for a taxi to the count.
Yes it was meant to be a bus but numbers kept changing, alot of people decided to drive up, so we all just took a taxi. This was mainly us planning a drinking session and singing along to cheesy music....when i say we i mean me, and everyone else just had to watch. (josh took a video, i may upload that later along with photos im for nicking off niamhs phone when i see her next, so stay tuned for those)
It took forever to get there, and back might i add. not pleased. glad i wasnt nervous, or upset, that would not be a trip id want to make in anything less than a happy mood.
Heres a few photos describing the start of our journey.... clearly me, niamh and the boys prioritise different, niamh had about a weeks worth of clothes for one night away, i bought a years worth of chocolate, josh brought his enthusiasm and conrad thought his laptop would break the evening up a bit.... interesting bunch we make.

dont know about you guys, but i was set for the long day

the weirdos in an awkward wee selfie

love you all

sligo resting on her 'nights' worth or clothes.... notice thats two full bags bursting at the seams

Arrived, met alot of other candidates and their representatives. over he course of the next few hours, food was had, announcements were made and bodies were hid.
They changed the count last minute so the results would be a surprise. so the candidates werent allowed in the room, so sligo didnt get to play her drinking game.... thank god she didnt, other wise id be in A&E with her getting her treated for alcohol poisoning.

im starting to think we shouldnt be allowed near cameras.

(ill hopefully get the rest of the photos off the others soon and post them asap)

Belfast was announced first, that was a serious cheer, she didnt have to stand or make a speech but noooooo, when it was me and mickey, we had to stand in front of everyone (me knowing i was for losing was all, WHY) but yeah, the votes were announced and then we all cheered for the man himself.
Then they all thought it would be a good idea to give me a microphone, DOES NOBODY REMEMBER THE TRAIN WRECK THAT WAS LAST MONDAY..... so i refused to take it, but nope, had to, tried passing it to an emotional mickey, nope, wasnt having it, so i mumbled something that went something like this 'well.... i got xx votes woo....mickey seems a bit emotional, well done' and then i near broke the mic and handed it to mickey.... i should not be allowed near microphones, EVER.

Mickey made an acceptance speech. as youd expect (why would you get the loser to say a speech, that could turn into a shouting/crying session. risky) His speech of course consisted more than stating the obvious. it actually thanked people. i sat down and cheered etc, and niamh nicely pointed out 'thanks for thanking your campaign team' oops

Thankyou campaign team, couldnt have done it without you....sorry its about 6 hours too late and not on a mic, my bad.

either way, today went exactly how it should. Once all that was over, conrad decided he wanted to get to CORE gaming before it was over. The niamhs decided they were for leaving early to get ready to go out and me and josh were just for collapsing ....well i was, josh mightve wanted more shots than he was getting. ANYWAYS, after a small nosey about colraine union, we got in a taxi home. photos below will give you an amazing of how mature we are and how we act like complete tourists when visiting any other campus (we did the same at jordanstown, strange little creatures we tend to be) So after alot of noseying we waited outside in the freezing cold for our taxi, to amuse myself i took selfies, mere proof as follows.

following the footprint....which dont seem to notice theres a table in the way

hallway selfie....conrads looking stealthy 

i love how this is all the campus' 'old' building, its nicer than our good buildings, but everything you see in these photos (bar us obviously) will soon be knocked down. as colraine are fancypants and have a new building. welllll.

josh strutting his stuff.... or just collapsing in exhaustion, you decide.

he found the upstairs, an pool tables.

wrong way conrad

loooooong day, but pretty campus none the less

some day im gonna get in trouble for taking so many photos without ones permission.... but that day is not today SMILE CONRAD.

The taxi ride home was so long, and the car was so warm, and the silent ole taxi man had county music playing so it ended up one way or another, he mustve thought he was babysitting a pile of toddlers as we ALL fell asleep. I only woke up when we got to derry because conrads laptop case hit my backside, which caused a laughing fit and the taxi man officially thought we were insane. 

Called in with the amazing people of CORE gaming society down in the students union, but we were all so tired we only played a few games and ran home to our beds. where i am currently reporting all this from.

As i want this to be all wrapped up soon, i think this will be my last post on the blog, ever. 

(dont cry, i warned you at the start it was only temporary for campaign purposes)

So here is my final goodbye song. not just because its currently popular, or because im Pixar in the head. but because its a lovely self motivating, happy song of acceptance and deciding to get on with things and make them better. so here it is LET IT GO from disneys, FROZEN.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moSFlvxnbgk

so at this point i should say a whole big paragraph at how happy i am, and what will happen next, and thank everyone and their granny BUT to be very honest, after 7 weeks of non stop union work (RAG officer, volunteer week, campaign week, election week) i just want to curl up in a snuggely ball and sleep. tomorrow is another day and although i will have alot less on my plate compared to the last few weeks, i do actually have alot of uni work to catch up on, sooooo wish me luck with all of that, and if you want to know how that turns out, you should all follow me on blogger/google+ or check out previous blogs, as i have to document all coursework on separate blogs. they are boring but, itll wean you off this awesome blog. just saying. 

Ill more than likely be starting yet another casual blog you can all read soon, (probably about placement, from start to finish. ongoing) soooo look out for that one, that'll be different. 

Now im done ramming all the votes and blogs down your throats, yous can finally be left in peace.

So good night! so long farewell, auf weidersehen and good bye!!!!!

Thank-you all for this amazing week, it definitely wont be forgot any time soon.