day 5: my best laid plans

what do i want to do with my life? this is something of a constant question these days. i want to go back to school, i want to write a book, i want to be able to retire before 65, i want to run in a marathon, i want to quit smoking, i want to buy a house, i want to get maaaarrried. but really, i just wanna get out of here.
i think my friend dorn covered traveling on day 5, as well. but i'm going to get specific, and tell you the three trips i HAVE to take. first, i want to take my whole family to washington d.c. i went there in eighth grade for a class trip, and i've wanted to go back ever since. i want my daughter to see it. i'd like to take my mom. i wish that everyone could go there and spend a few days exploring.
second, i want to take a train trip. anywhere, really, but i'd like to see europe, the u.k., even some of the parts of my own country where i haven't been. i just want it to be on a train. because i have watched white christmas too many times, and read too many agatha christie novels.
third, i want to go to Israel. i mean, i really really want to go. i kinda want to move there, maybe later in life. i get a little choked up just thinking about it. America is my country and i love her, but Eretz Yisrael has my heart.
i just hope i can make it happen.