Last week we had some time off so Pam, Jesslyn and I went to Ireland from Tuesday until Saturday. It was wonderful and who knew there were sites that beautiful!?! We started out in Dublin and did a walking tour around the city on Wednesday. It was full of a lot of history, but it was still fun. On Thursday we got up and skipped breakfast….big mistake. If there is one thing I learned on this trip it is that the 3 of us need to start our days off with breakfast and coffee or grumpiness sets in. We got our rental car and headed on our way. It was raining, and I hadn’t driven a standard in about 5 years and I was driving on the other side of the car and the road, in a busy city…this started the driving out as a bit stressful. We started out on our journey that we thought was to take about 3 hours and didn’t arrive at our destination until about 6 or 7 hours after we started out. I guess Google maps didn’t account for the fact that we were on winding roads around mountains. Even though the drive was long, it was well worth it. We went to the Cliffs of Moher, which were magnificent! Here are some pictures…. 
Then we headed to Galway and at Quiznos, the first one I’ve seen since we’ve been in Europe. It was quite tasty though if I do say so myself. We ended the evening with ice cream and some guys, who weren’t necessarily sober, asking us for a wee lick of ice cream (Pam allowed them her ice cream because she didn’t want any more, but I am stingy and like my ice cream, so I kept it all to myself…hence the reasons for my weight gain). 
Thursday we got up and spent the morning, or what was left of it by the time we got up and left the hostel, looking around Galway. Then we decided to drive out to Connemara because it looked pretty and there were a bunch of leaflets for it all around, so it had to be good. I am so glad we did this. The drive out to Connemara was mostly along the Sea, it was beautiful. I don’t have many pictures from our drives because I was the only one who could drive, so I chose safety over taking pictures while driving. There wasn’t much to do in Connemara except look at the scenery, which we did. We did stop for coffee along the way and had a wonderful view of a lake while we sat and sipped our coffee, that wasn’t that great….it was all about the experience though. 
We took a different route home and found a pub along the way to have some dinner. It was probably one of the nicest meals we had on the whole trip, but it was fun to sit down and just enjoy a meal together somewhere nice, instead of enjoying a meal of McDonalds or Quiznos. The food was delicious and this meal was the only meal I had any vegetables the whole time we were in Ireland…oddly enough I was craving healthy food…even vegetables. Then we headed back to Galway and went to the movies. Then we settled in for the night. (I was really cold, that is why I am standing so awkwardly in this photo.)
Friday we got up early and headed back to Dublin to return the car. We had to return the car in the morning and our flight didn’t leave until the evening so Pam and I went back into Dublin city centre for part of the day, Jesslyn stayed at the airport because she wasn’t feeling well. Pam and I bought some souvenirs and had lunch (my sandwich was in the shape of a 3 leaf clover) and then went into a wax museum. That was really fun because it was Halloween, so there were some extra scary exhibits. Then we went back to the airport and waited on our flight. I had a wonderful time seeing things I have never seen before and going places I had never been before. I would love to go back one day and try to see even more.One thing that really began to hit me while we were in Ireland was how badly I wanted to go home. I know that once I got there I would wish I were back, but nonetheless I want to see my family, and talk to them face to face, not through Skype or over the phone. This really began to bother me because I do really want to be home, but I know at the same time that I am here and God has me here for a reason. I want to be used by God, even in these last weeks, but I know that if I continue to focus on being at home, then I might miss something God is trying to show me or teach me. I know God is working in me and trying to use this in some way, but I just can’t see how or why yet. I wish I could see what God is trying to teach me through being so homesick. I don’t want to be homesick. I want to be enjoying my time here, not wishing I were at home with my family. Maybe that is something I am supposed to learn, to live in the moment and not be focused or worried about the future, or what will happen tomorrow. “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?” Matthew 6:25. This verse came into my head, so I thought I would include it as well. Maybe I am supposed to learn this, maybe it is something more, only time will tell, I suppose.
In answer to the title question: You don't want to press your luck.
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