It Always Seems Impossible...

I just did something crazy.

I purchased a ticket to the TBEX Dublin travel bloggers conference.

I did it.

I am going.

I don't know if anyone will be going with me, I don't know if I will know anyone when I get there...

But I am going.

To Ireland.

I have decided that 2013 is going to be the year that I make my dreams come true. I have always wanted to see the UK. I have always wanted to do something crazy - like plan a trip across the Atlantic on my own, to attend a conference aimed at helping travel bloggers develop, and to meet people from all over the world that I wouldn't have otherwise met.

I am doing it. I am going.

And I am nervous, anxious and terrified, but I am doing it.

Attending TBEX in Dublin this fall was one of my goals for 2013. After being invited on a press trip aboard the Carnival Sunshine cruise ship, I gave up on that idea. I thought it would be irresponsible to spend the money on that trip when I was already going to see Europe.

Yet, each time I came across an article about Ireland, each time I saw a mention of the UK...my heart wept. I felt a deep, urgent longing to walk cobblestone streets, to drink good whiskey in an Irish pub, to meet other people who share the same longing.

And so I am doing it.

I am going to Ireland.

I don't know how I will make this happen just yet, but my ticket to the conference is purchased. I have 7 months to figure the rest out...that's enough time, right?