I have been thinking a lot about Ireland lately (no surprise there). What surprised me the most about this was how bummed I was that I would not be able to drive all over the place this summer. If I go to Ireland, I will be gone for almost the entire month of June. That would be all of the time I could take off work. I have a car for the first time in my life and I want to explore.
I have discovered a new problem with this Ireland trip. There is another trip I have to go on this May. It is required for my major and it ends two days before I would fly out. I can't justify taking that much time off of work (it would be over a month). It is looking more and more like it is not going to happen. You know what? I am okay with this. It would be awesome to go with Jessica and Kathy, but I am pretty sure that this field school is offered every year. There will be other opportunities to go. I will go to Ireland someday. It will happen, it just might take while.
In the past couple of days I have pretty much given up on Ireland, but I have also started to think about where I can drive over the summer. Most of the trips will be for geology research. I need to do a directed study for my major and the summer is the best time to get all that research done. I know that I would like to make a trip to Utah to search for obsidian (volcanic glass). It is my favorite rock. Haha. Summer is so far away and I am already making plans. Oh, goodness.
