I would consider myself a fairly anal traveler. I always have printouts of my itinerary, stapled, categorized by being marked with a sharpie, and enclosed in a color coated folder for the trip. I have gotten a ribbing from Craig about this many times-he knows not to mess with the folder –you can look but not touch until we get out of SF. I’ve actually started to let him pick the folder color just so he feels more a part of the process. J I always have a folder in my Gmail account that has all important emails for the trip labeled in case they need to be pulled up quickly. And I make sure to create lists in my phone and on paper a few days leading up to the week of my travel so as not to forget anything. Around 3pm Thursday afternoon I was still in my pajamas going through my itinerary one last time online, when all of a sudden I looked just a little more closely at the time and date and realized….ummmmm 00:35 Friday, March 6th….yea-that is actually Thursday night….WTF!!! Two months TWO months I’ve been planning this and never once did I think I was leaving on Thursday night….WTF. *sigh* 
In a way it was perfect-I needed to get moving –one more day and I’d have a fourth bag to carry. I managed to get most of my stuff in a WAY overstuffed backpack….and 2 small carry-ons. Three months is a long time!!! After a few cervezas with mi amigas Jamie, Sarah & Rikki I was off to the aeroporto. At the gate I sat next to an abuela who was also heading to Peru and had mucho pics to show me of her hija y her hija’s esposo. This is when I knew -all those Pimsleur CDs will only take me so far on this trip…I’m definitely going to be getting a life Crash course in espanol!
Got picked up in Lima and taking off to Cusco early Sat morning. Can’t wait to find out where I’m staying!
Pretty cool.
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