Hi Becky;
There's so much to do. So many neat questions, fundamental research, just so much we do not yet understand. And there are a lot of cool projects that scientists can be involved with (I'm personally involved with the Solar Dynamics Observatory, http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/, and Hinode http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hinode).
The fact is, however, that a lot of research in astronomy, physics, solar science, is funded by the government through NASA, the National Science Foundation, etc. And the funding is not very plentiful right now, so sometimes it is difficult to work on the questions that most excite me or that I think are really interesting and important. We, and maybe someday you, will keep doing research and discovering new things. But sometimes I'll admit, it's frustrating. When I talk with (or blog for) students and see enthusiasm and interest-- I get inspired again! :-)