One more week (double checking and waiting)

I leave in a week and it could not come sooner. I've enjoyed being home with my pops, seeing old friends and old haunts, but with zero plans or responsibilities I feel like a kid again (especially since I'm staying in my Dad's house). So I've started going back to the gym, trying to get a routine going, and I've double checked I have everything I need for Peru and South America. And I do (well, I need to decide on a travelers insurance plan, and set up a google voice account synced to my mobile number. But I know how to do those things and am just waiting until I leave). So now what? Count down the days people. I swear I'm having trouble sleeping at night because I'm so excited to go. Alright, check list.

Ticket - Check!

Hotel near JFK airport for the night before - Check!

Hostel in Lima - booked my first two nights ahead of time. Check!

Cab ride to Hostel - I arranged for a cab to meet me at the airport through the hostel I'm

staying at. Check!

Gear - (see my video post. I've now also added better bug spray at 98% Deet and a quart size

ziplock bag of liquids including soap that will work as body wash, shampoo, and for my

clothes) Check!

Money - Debit card (warned my bank I would be traveling so they wouldn't freeze my account),

and $200 worth of soles (Peruvian currency) for when I first arrive which equals 490

soles at my banks exchange rate (it will be cheaper out of ATMs but I'll be charged

about $3 to $4 per transaction). Check!

Companion - well, huh. Originally I planned to go alone, and I still might, but there's this woman who might come as well. She's a friend but she knows I am romantically interested and up until a few days ago she was going with me, but I may have blown it. See, I've always been the aggressor when going after what I want but a man who's dear to me changed my mind and gave me a new perspective (a paradigm shift). He said sometimes it's better to let things come to you (well done Dad). So if she does go then it will be as friends and I know we'll have a grand adventure together. And if not, then lesson learned. If not then I'll go see all I can, experience all I can, and learn all I can, and then when I get back... well... who knows?