No time to write now, but wanted to update. Therefore, reappropriating e-mail excerpt. Hopefully I'll be having some good inspiration in weeks to come!

Hiya J,

How's it going? Sorry it's taken me so long to get back, but things have been nutty since I left New York. The day after I got back to Canada (Tuesday), I went up to Ottawa for an interview the following day (Wednesday). I was supposed to return to Toronto that evening, but missed the last train at 5:55pm, and there wasn't any way (i.e., bus or train - I thought of hitching but didn't feel like it!) to get back until the 12:30am bus the next day (Thursday), so that's what I took. Somewhere during this Ottawa fiasco, I got it in my head that I need to go to South America, so the day after I got back (Friday) I confirmed a ticket, and I leave this upcoming Tuesday. Crazy, huh?

I'll be flying into Buenos Aires, Argentina and flying out of Santiago, Chile. All I know is that I'm staying with my friend Elena in BA when I get there on Wednesday and the next night we leave for a 10-hour bus ride to Cordoba. We'll be there for a few days with some of her friends and then I suppose we'll head back to Buenos Aires. Th rest of my trip is very up in the air, although I imagine I'll spend a fair chunk of time with Elena in/around the city before heading west towards Chile, where I'll hopefully be able to connect with Rolando, my Guatemalteca friend who, last I heard, is living with his girlfriend in Valparaiso.

Anyways, I've got a whole bunch to do before I go, and am feeling a bit dizzy thinking of all the planning I haven't done and all the pieces of my life that are up in the air, many of which will be landing before I get back to North America. For example, there's a possibility that I'll land a job while I'm away, or that I'll miss out on a job opportunity while I'm away - I'm hoping for the former and trying not to think too much about the latter...

Hmmm, I have a couple friends coming over to collect their wedding present (they actually got married in June, so it's a bit over-due!), so I should sign off. But be in touch and let me know if you're ever in the same part of the globe as I am!! *HUGS* from Toronto!!!

Saludos,
Cara