Has it really been a year?!?

A year ago today I began one of the best adventures of my life so far.

My bags were packed, and I anxiously awaited...oh, about now so that I could head to the airport where I was meeting my best friend and her family. The time had come, Emily and I were heading out to see the world. We had left our jobs, moved back to Texas from Los Angeles, we had warm clothes, a Eurorail pass, plane tickets, and our passports. We were ready to take on the world.

A year ago today I left the United States for 2 months backpacking through Europe with my best friend. A year ago today...I found myself on a plane to London, England. A year ago today, I never would have imagined that my life would be like it is today...a year later. A year ago today I found a part of myself I never really knew was there.

I miss a year ago today.

I'm glad to be where I am now. There is nothing I would change. I love the people (friends and family) who surround me, I love what I am studying in school, I love the churches I am a part of, I love the God experiences that I had all over Europe. And while, I'm not 100% certain who it is that I am today...I like what I am learning about myself...

A year ago today...as much as I like where I am...I can't help but wish I was jetting off today to foreign lands...to find myself, and God around the world.

Trying to pick myself up

I'm annoyed with myself. No really I am. I'm still not in a good mood even though I turned in my final exam at 8:30 and it wasn't due until midnight. I'm annoyed that I let her get to me so much...and annoyed that I didn't decide to move out at semester.

I went to dinner with Anne...and we had a blast. I had a couple beers, and I was in a better mood for awhile. Then I came back in the apartment and put a towel down by my door so it would look like my light was off when my roommate got home. Of course, I didn't think about the fact that my window goes out to the street. Pretty sure she didn't really look at that. But if she did, I'm glad she didn't talk to me when she got home.

Anyhow...I need to cheer up, so I decided to post more Europe pics, because they make me happy. I can't believe its been almost a year since I left for that trip...I only wish I was starting off 2007 that way...except that I love school, and as much as I complain about papers and finals...I love love love it. I'm a nerd. I accept this.

Anyhow...here are some pictures...I decided to do all Ireland Pics today...

This amazing waterfall and river that we saw during a tour we saw....Ring of Kerry maybe?!?

Another street scene! I love these. This one was is in...a city...uh...I wanna say it starts with a B, but i'm pretty worthless right now. I do have it written down somewhere, maybe I should look it up.
Cliffs of Moher...one of the most amazing places I've ever been.
who would have thought that there was a dangerous cliff edge by these giant drop offs?!? You mean its not safe to jump?!?
This was the cutest dog EVER. He was just chillin outside this little village we visited. He graced my computer wallpaper for awhile cuz he always makes me smile!

Hm...yeah, that definitely helped. It's the little things in life, isn't it?

Once Upon a Time...

So, I should really be working on my wonderful paper that I am now a page and a half into. After my last post I definitely popped a page out in about 15 minutes...then it took me an hour to get the next half page, and I have been on something close to a 4 hour hiatus from said paper...*sigh* I have to start by 10pm. I HAVE TO. That is my deadline for procrastination...then I will spend the rest of the evening into the wee hours of the morning finishing this paper. Even though its not due until midnight tomorrow...I have another final I have to start...so yes.

However. While I have been procrastinating and playing with my fun new blog...I started looking at some of my old pictures from my trip to Europe. See...I started 2006 by going backpacking for 2 months through all of Western Europe. Just for the brief rundown...I visited (in order): England, Scotland, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, France, Ireland. Yes, we went to Germany 3 times...it is a good central location. So, while looking through my pictures, I decided that I should post my five current favorite pictures from my trip. This however is quite a task seeing that I have well over 1200 pictures from my trip. So...here they are.

This picture is of the Lincoln Cathedral, taken from inside the Lincoln Castle in England. Random piece of trivia knowledge: This is the Cathedral that they used to film the DaVinci Code.

This is a canal in Prague. Easily one of my favorite cities in Europe.

This beautiful scene is seen from atop the castle in...Salzburg, Austria.

I'll give you two guesses as to where this one is...and if you need the second guess...I'll say you should study history a little more. I loved how when I turned the corner this is what I saw!

Pompeii was amazing. Spent over 5 hours there and didn't even see half of it. A-Mazing.

Ok, I will probably randomly upload more pictures from this trip because it was amazing. And, I picked these five pictures at random and didn't even get to the second half of my trip, but I didn't feel like adding too many pictures today. I do have to get back to my paper whether I want to or not! Anyhow, I love talking about this trip, so if you'd like to know any more about my adventure or see more pictures just let me know!!