and i'm off...

A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places.
Isabelle Eberhardt

With almost all my goodbyes said, one more trip out to the stores left, a suitcase not yet packed and my final emails written to Guatemala... there is not much left to do except the inevitable job of packing.

Yesterday I spent the day in Chicago with my two best friends and got my Ecuadorian Visa- all systems go with little trouble communicating fully in spanish, thankgoodness. The rest of the day was great- expept Cody and Rachel took an abnormal amount of pictures of me standing next to things and not of them selves... I felt as though they were documenting my last day on earth and it was creeping me out.

My random moments of sadness and nervousness have almost completley disappeared for some reason. Even though at dinner My mother asked me who was picking me up from the airport...and i replied with 'i dont know.' And when she asked me where i'm staying tomorrow night...i replied with 'i dont know..."

A calming has come over me as in the last few days my inbox has been filled with- " see you thursday, i have a band we can go see when you get here... and dont' forget your boots- i have a great volcano i want to hike with you..." I know i'll be taken care off- and the rest of it, I'll figure out myself.

Next post will be in Guatemala, Guatemala.