This weekend was a big weekend for me. I made definitive plans for at least two separate things on my trip. This is unique for me. Usually I just have an idea of what I'm doing and kinda figure it out. I rarely have a set in stone schedule. That's not to say I'm unprepared but I don't like to finalize things unless its necessary. It just makes life so much easier when you have a little bit of room to move. Those of you who have been reading, know the first, I've made reservations to go to Pichilemu and spend a month learning more spanish. I can't begin to tell you how excited I am about that. It should be quite a different experience to what I've had so far. I'll be going from a town of 200,000 with below average beachbreak surf to a tiny little town of less than 20,000 with two (at least) beautiful left hand pointbreaks. This is something that is completely expected of me. I mean I set out with the goal to learn spanish and get some good surf. So this second thing I made plans for is a little bit more random...actually, a lot more random. I will not surf here and I will not speak any spanish here, and I'm going to miss my 25th birthday to be with a bunch of strangers and I'll barely make it home in time for Thanksgiving.

So what could this be? I'll tell you. I am going to Antarctica on a cruise. Yep, sent in my deposit and I'm going to do it. I can't even believe it. It's one of those places that has never made much sense to the general way of my life, but it's something I've wanted to do for a while. I can't wait to see the ice, frozen so purely that it's blue, the leopard seals and the cute little penguins scurrying away. I just think this will be amazing. I think I should have been a biologist. I love really weird places (Love the galapagos too, warm water penguins/marine iguanas/sea lions/giant turtles). Unfortunately to go back and train for that would put me graduating at the tender age of 30 (and that's only with a BS), and I'm not quite sure that I want it that bad. I mean it's one thing to go back to business school (or something for International Development) but that's only two years. But back to this trip. The other reason you know that I really want to do this is I might never get a chance to do this again. I mean I have to go all the way down to Tierra Del Fuego and then get on a boat to the Antarctic. It'll take a few days just getting there let alone the trip, when am I going to have this much free time again. Plus I'm not sure who else would want to go with me. I mean, it's not exactly everyone's paradise. And one of the last things, money, I mean there is a distinct possibility that I'll have some sort of financial ties in the future (maybe rent, possibly a mortgage one day, maybe a wife and kids...wait, let's not get carried away here). Right now, I have had no mortgage, no rent, no girlfriend (the most expensive) for the last year so I've been able to save up enough for this. And I promise, I'll take pictures.