Hi again! It’s been quite a while since I wrote last, but I’ll try to be more consistent!

From around the time I knew where I was going for my internship, I looked online for money belts. Most of them looked nice enough but I wanted to see one in person before buying it online. So last week I went to a travel store at the mall where I live and found the last tan one of the brand the store was using. The woman who showed me what they had said they were switching brands and so the tan one they had was the last one. There was a black one but I chose the tan money belt instead. It’s basically like a flat fanny pack with two pockets. I think it will work pretty well. I’ll put a picture of it up (provided Word Press cooperates haha).

My money belt for the trip!

[If you click the link above it will go to my album in Picasa. This is the best way I know how to link photos in here, but if I find a better way I'll try it!]

It still hasn’t really hit me that this trip is very, very soon. I leave in 15 days! So much is going on before I leave. I’m going to a conference in Tuscon this weekend and am playing violin for a wedding next weekend, so I’m sure once those are done it will hit me harder that I’m almost on my way! I have lots more to do for the trip before I go. I’ve decided today while I’m at my job at the bookstore I’ll buy a map of Quito and a pocket Moleskine journal so I can keep vital information close at hand while I’m there. To me, writing down what I need to know and keeping it close by in case I get lost in Quito or need to find something will be really important, and the small Moleskine will be the best route to go. The map, of course, will be helpful too.

Ok, I have more I need to get done around the house before work tonight. I’ll write again soon!