A couple years ago, I joined an online community called Irish Abroad. It's a great site packed with information for Irish and Irish Americans worldwide. They also host a Flyaway Competition with Aer Lingus that gives one lucky winner ever couple months a free trip for two to Ireland.

To win, you just have to subscribe to their newsletter. Unfortunately, a lot of their services and articles require you to be a member. So this summer I went and became a member. Course, the other advantage of being a member, aside from the great content, is that you improve your chances of winning the free trip.

A couple weeks ago, I saw in their newsletter that I won the free trip. Today, I finally got an email confirmation from the Irish Abroad staff. Yay!!!!!!

I'm still waiting for all the facts about the trip and when we can claim it, but if possible, I'm hoping for July of next year after I've quit my day job and am playing music full-time. Stay tuned for more news!