The Adventure of a Lifetime

It's me again! Currently in the middle of no where Indiana on a megabus. This adventure started in Chicago, as all of mine tend to. This time I'm going down to Nashville to fly out of the country though. This the the adventure of a lifetime for me; Ireland. I'm back in the blog so I can document my trip for myself, and of course any curious soil who happens to be interested. I've been dreaming of Ireland for at least 15 years, I honestly can't even remember how long I've wanted to go, and it's finally happened. I started this back in September/October. I was teaching third grade, going through a break up, and miserable. My first year of teaching was without a doubt the hardest year of my life so far. I can honestly say that being 22 has not been kind to me, tswift let me down. So I'm sitting in bed on a Saturday, depressed and watching PS I love you and decided that I was going to Ireland. I talked to lots of people actually throughout the months following and got a little group together. I wad committed, I was going to make it happen. I had signed up for the 12 month pay period so I was going to get paid over the summer and have the summers off so I had no excuses, it was happening. I got my tickets in December to spend two weeks in the emerald isle. Fast forward to February, even more miserable as a first year teacher, not doing well and having meetings with administration about what will help. I finally realized nothing would, at that point there was nothing I could do to make it work. I thought about it for a couple weeks and decided that I was going to quit and my students would get a new teacher after spring break. March 15th was my last day as a teacher and I moved back to Chicagoland with my parents. I still had my tickets though, so did my friend Becky and my cousin Sarah so I knew it was still happening. I got an easy and chill office job near home and they were so okay with me taking two weeks off! It also perfectly aligned with memorial day, so I get to spend memorial day weekend in Nashville and then Tuesday we fly out of Nashville to new york, then an overnight to Dublin! Sarah and me will be there 2 weeks, Becky and sarah's friend will be there 1 week. I have planned an almost impossibly full itinerary, knowing that it might not all happen. We will be hiking, kayaking, castle visiting, and general thrusting all over the country for the next two weeks. I plan on documenting those events. I know realistically I will not be able to write every night about that day, but I'm going to try. There will be lots of cities so I would like to document them here, but we'll see how that goes. As for now, I'm going to enjoy the 9 hour bus ride to Nashville and try to keep my excitement down until I'm actually on the plane.Read more