And We're Off Again!

The count down starts now. It's officially 13 days until I head south. Waaaay south. To the land of penguins, and grapes vines and other long skinny things! It's funny because my basic expectations for my time in ABQ were that I would work, work and work some more. I had no intentions of doing anything other than saving money. And yet, just like the last leg of my journey, little of what I planned for happened and so much more that I wasn't excepting came up. So, keeping that in mind, I have absolutely zero expectations for my time in Chile (other than making it back in one piece). As of yet all I have is a backpack, a flight into Santiago, and a hostel reservation for the first few nights. In route to Montreal I wrote down a list of goals, things I wanted to accomplish while living in that Canadian wonderland. For this trip though my goal list will be one goal long. It is my hope that during my travels I both buy and learn to make good noise come out of a guitar. Recently I've been lamenting the fact that I'm not a more musical person. As Claire puts it, "I feel somewhat useless" when among a crowd of music making geniuses whilst they make music. But then I realized how lucky I was because my problem was such an easy one to fix. What to be a music maker? Pick up an instrument and make some then! Oh if only all things in life were that simple... So here's to hoping that this goal gets executed beautifully:)