Clearing up some confusion

The past few posts have led to some confusion about the sequence of my life and 'what the heck I'm doing now'.  My apologies.  Limited internet and computer functionality (and patience!) meant that I haven't been able to blog like I would have liked.  I generally write my blogs ahead of time, but they still each take an hour or so to upload--especially if there are any photos.  Jordan has been generous enough to lend me his really fast computer for the week, so hopefully I'll play a bit of catch up!

As for the order of events thus far:

I arrived in Santiago, Chile in January.  After spending 10 days staying with Andrew, a friend of a friend in Nashville (now a friend of my own as well) I flew south with Danny, a friend from Georgetown who I had been planning to bike with.  Before leaving Chile I decided not to bike from the South of Chile North with him because I wanted to focus on my internship and it just seemed like trying to do too much.  Unfortunately Danny's other friend joining him bailed last minute as well, so I agreed to stay in the South with him while he tried to figure out plans. While Danny and I were in Punta Arenas, though, we went for a bike trip to the southern tip of the continent with a beat up rental bike....and I absolutely fell in love with it.  After days of debate, I finally decided to join Danny, and so we headed North.  The first day though I realized what I was getting myself into.  40-60 Km/hr headwinds; boring landscape; inexperience--as well as challenge, adventure, and time.  As I considered it further, and remembered my initial attraction to biking I began to settle into the unbelievable slow pace of our journey.  And here I left off...

As for what I'm doing now...well, I'm afraid you'll just have to wait ;)