Adios PDX

It’s finally time. I’m sitting in the airport, struggling to use the WiFi and admiring the famous PDX carpet. My bag was 3lb under the weight limit and going through security was really easy. Now, we just have to hope for no delays an easy transition in Atlanta, Georgia. The flight is about 4 hours. Then, a 2 hour lay over and a 10 hour flight to Buenos, Aires! I land at 8:30am local time, so the first day will be quite the struggle to say awake. Hopefully, my excitement will over come my lack of sleep.

I have decided that from here on out I will not use anything that is REALLY important the day before I leave for a trip, but will pack it way ahead of time. First, when I was leaving Santa Clara, I packed my orthotics in the boxes I left at school. Alex dug them out as soon as he could get to them, but US mail did not deliver them when they promised. The most painful thing is that they are the Portland Airport’s post office right now. Alos, my retainer is sitting on my bathroom counter. Every trip something is forgotten, and in this case it just happened to be something very important. At least my mom is willing to mail them to me.

This weekend I will be exploring the city and getting my bearings. Monday I start classes, and have the afternoons free to be a tourist and figure out my life for the next 6 weeks.  Most weeks, class is from 10:00am to 2:00pm at El Pasaje, then I will volunteer from 3:30pm to 7:30pm with L.I.F.E.  (more information about the agencies is below).  

I'll keep this blog updated as often as possible. There will be lost of pictures posted too! Feel free to leave comments or questions if you want to know more about a specific aspect of my trip.