Eve of my departure!

It's finally the night before I leave!!   The last five weeks since I got back from Cleveland have been so crazy that time has flown by!  We had a great "going away for a little while" BBQ at my friends Colleen and Lauren's that was an awesome all day event with all of my buddies, really was a nice little reminder of how many great people I have in my life in Portland.   When big things are happening in your life, the people that really care about you will make sure they are around to celebrate it and even though all of our lives are crazy it was really awesome that so many of them made time to make sure that they saw me before I left. 

Going through my checklist with the remainder of my evening, making sure I don't forget anything.   Things that I am looking forward to in Argentina:  EVERYTHING!!! but mostly, learning more spanish, drinking good wine, and gaining some worldly perspective to use in my daily life.  Things I will miss in Portland:  microbrews, higher taste breakfast burritos, and my bed (theses are things I will surely get over)......Things I am glad to not have access to:   cell phone, and constant internet access.      It will be nice to be "off the grid" for a while!   It will help me to focus on my travels and perhaps help me to do some good old fashioned thinking.

I will try to post something as soon as I can!   I have about 30 hours worth of travel ahead of me tomorrow so look out for something around Sunday or Monday!