I read a good friend's post today about where she would rather be. She started talking about Costa Rica and massage therapist millionares and winning the lottery and I thought to myself, "I think I'll take some time to consider where I'd rather be..." Instead of being here, in dead-end-of-nowhere, Texas at Nobody-has-ever-possibly-heard-of this-school University, in my Digital Illustration class with a really small man with three different lisps, I would rather be in Ireland. What I wouldn't give to just hop on a plan and fly across the ocean to those emerald green shores to stay in one of those beautiful castles overlooking the sea. I would naturally take my beloved with me so that we could be together in one of the most beautiful places on Earth! We'd arrive and be escorted by limousine to what has been deemed "our castle" for our stay and be led up to the very top tower to our room that includes our four post bed with billowy see through wrap around drapes, great big soft leather chairs, a huge fireplace (because the breeze off the sea through our open terrace windows at night can cause a chill) and a huge balcony over looking the blue ocean past the rocky cliffs... At night we'd venture into town and go to all the local pubs to observe the Irish natives in their natural habitat, drink lots of beer, and eat lots of Irish food (whatever that entails.) Then laugh and listen as they all begin their drunken Irish songs and shenanigans ;) One day we would spend the day in a local library or what have you looking up my Irish heritage (you didnt think the mac was just a nickname did you? I'm a McGuire and proud of it!) to see how far back our family tree dates. Then, as E decided in her fantasy, we would win the lottery and decide to stay in Ireland and purchase our castle.. Shaun would naturally start his own dental practice because he just loves it, and I would spend my days painting and photographing the beauty that Ireland has to offer me... I'd probably start my own business in paint restoration just because I'd go out of my mind with boredom but I'd be able to have my own hours and run it my way.. We would also visit the states every once in a while and fly our own relatives to us to stay in our castle. Oh my my... that would be the life. Ell you can take the beaches of Costa Rica any day as long as I can spend my days on the Irish shores... peace and love, friends B