Los Datos Concretos

Fact: I don't expect you to read this blog religiously.
Fact: My mom will read this blog religiously.
Fact: I am only starting to blog because I am moving to a foreign country which might make for an interesting blog, at least, that's my cover for starting a blog.
Fact: I might get hooked and still blog after I return....like I said, I don't expect you to read this religiously.
Fact: I feel like Carrie Bradshaw right now...except that I'm writing this in my sisters' basement in a midwestern town instead of New York and instead of wearing Gucci or Chanel, I'm wearing baggy pajama shorts with fortune cookies on them and a giant grey (gray?) Scheels T-Shirt that I got for free from applying for a credit card...I bet Carrie Bradshaw sometimes wishes she had fortune cookie pajama pants, I mean, who doesn't?

The countdown is dwindling! After almost 2 years of eager anticipation, I am now down to 6 measly days! The question on everyone's lips is, "Are you ready?"To this I feel like replying, "Have you ever met me? Since when am I ready for anything? Did I not just lose my cell phone for the thirtieth time? Am I not still trying to fix two cameras which are inexplicably broken?" Of course I'm not ready yet! But I've always thought "sink or swim" was a good saying. I could not have earned my superhero identity of "the Procrastinator" (foreboding, isn't it?) if I hadn't done well under pressure. Ready or not, I'm going to Ecuador in a week. If I had everything done ahead of time, I'd be bored. This makes things more interesting...right?