I hate volcanoes

I should be in Venice right now.

Instead, there is a cloud of ash over most of Europe (except for Moscow, which kinda makes me giggle), stopping all flights in or out of anywhere.


It's really rather obnoxious. My travel plans were to go to Venice, then Florence, then Rome. Then to Athens, then Mykonos, then Santorini, then Ios. I'm pretty sure I'll get Greece in still, and hopefully Rome, and maybe a day in Rome, but seriously Eyjafjallajokull, I was really looking forward to going to Italy. It was going to be a phenomenal vacation, with the first week being in a country with so much cultural and historical stuff in it, and the second week partying and laying on island beaches. Oh well, I guess I'm just going to have to party instead. *sigh*

Sorry I haven't posted in a while - I was busy being in Paris. Coincidentally (not really), that's also the reason why I haven't been Skyping/FB-chatting with people. I figured it was either tell people about my life (over and over, because they wouldn't tell each other, of course), or go out and actually live it. I am keeping a scrapbook journal though, and (though you wouldn't know through FB) I am taking a bunch of pictures. I'm also making memories, which is how people did it before technology. Although, we seem to be regressing a little for a moment, because of a STUPID VOLCANO.

Sorry. I'm a bit sore about that. I didn't even know there were volcanoes in Iceland, let alone active ones. I suppose I should blame myself for that one, though, not on the volcano itself. It's not its fault that I didn't know about it.

Anyway, I'm still having a lovely time, even during the days that I would have gone to Venice. We still don't have classes, so we explored some of Paris that we hadn't yet, and found several parks, including a water park, complete with slides and a WHALE a few minutes walk from my friend Aaron's house. He was kinda angry at the world that he hadn't known about this for the past few months.

I'm hoping everyone's good States-side, and that the flooding has gone down to a minimum. Floods, eruptions, snowpocalypse - maybe the Ancient Mayans were off by a couple of years...