I am leaving for Ireland tomorrow, and I am so worked up that I cannot go to sleep. I have dreamed for the last two nights that I nearly missed my flight - which I'm sure has something to do with my experience of trying to go to Scotland without a plane ticket, and having to race back to my house to find it. Sometimes my punctuality compulsion serves me very well.
On a side note, I've also been suffering severe back pain since Wednesday. I have no idea what I did to myself, but whatever it was, it left me gasping every time I moved. Conveniently, I was attempting to lug my baggage through airports at the time. I finally got in to see the chiropractor today, and my spine is now aligned...but two days of walking around with my pelvis completely out of whack has left me with a considerable amount of inflammation. I feel like a hunched-over 80-year-old every time I stand up, and tomorrow I have to be on a plane for several hours. This does not bode well for my first day in Dublin.
I feel that I am lacking something, for I do not have the Lonely Planet guide to Ireland. I meant to go get it today, but somehow it just didn't fit into working a full day, seeing the chiropractor, dropping off the dog, going to band practice, dropping off the rent check, picking up travel-sized toiletries, and having a farewell drink with a friend I haven't seen in a while because I've been either out of town or working frantically for the last couple of weeks. I know I'm going to be on an organized tour rather than wandering around solo like I was in Scotland, but I still want to have maps and recommendations of funky little restaurants and pubs. Honestly, I'm a little anxious about this whole tour business. I really enjoyed the solo wandering. I'm not so sure about following an itinerary and traveling with busloads of people. But, whatever. I'm going to Ireland! Yay!
Okay, I have got to get some sleep. I'll try to check in with news and pictures from the Emerald Isle.
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My sincerest sympathies for the back pain. I'm glad the chiropractor helped!
We'll miss you this week!!!
I'll follow your journey as much as you post. I've been 3 times, and can't seem to get enough of the place. Since you are traveling with a bus, suggestions are probably not in order, but I am so excited for you. Let go and you'll have lots of fun.
Prayers for you while you're traveling, of course.
Have you considered that this back pain might just be somebody's way of telling you that it would be good to slow down just a little bit?
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