Homecoming

I’m coming home! I finally booked my flight home to Chicago in March, in order to get home in time for my cousin’s wedding. It’s gonna be quite the journey. I’m planning on staying in Buenos Aires roughly for the month of January and February with some travel inbetween (hopefully). Well, looking at tickets home in March from Buenos Aires was a little rediculous, over a grand! When I paied half that to get down here! I heard Lima was the cheapest place to fly out of in South America, and lucky enough, after three tries, I got a flight to Chicago for about $425. Now, here’s the part that complicates things a litte... naw just makes for more of an adventure! Can any body tell me why flights from Buenos Aires to Lima are over $600?? Because LAN has f**king monopoly over the South American air travel. So instead, what I think is going to happen, is that I will need to book a bus from Buenos Aires to Lima, a bus that will take three days...The bus ticket is about $150, but that still comes out to a trip total of less than $600. $600 vs $1000, I think I can deal with three days on a bus for $400. I’m poor you must remember. I’ve been working full time at a school for the last five months for free basically. But’s it’s been the experience of a life time! I wouldn’t trade it for anything, my time in Chile has become a defining moment in my life. It is now a part of who I am and I will never forget it.

There’s a whole great big world out there. It seems daunting and scary at first, but once you venture out, you’ll find it’s not so big at all. If you are sitting at home reading this, and feeling restless with your life, my advice to you is this; get out! Go to a new place, meet new people who are different than you, try new food, and do something that is completely foreign to you! Anyone can do it, not just the young (although it is a lot easier with less responsibility).

So yah. I made a mistake booking my flight home, I meant to get in a day later because it turns out my mom is flying into the other Chicago airport two hours later from China that day. Any volunteers who wanna come pick us up at 10:30 at night?? You would be my first taste of USA in over 8 months!!!! And you would get a special prize!!!

To end in the words of Kanye West (no wait, it’s actually Chris Martin singing this part), “Do you think about me now and then? Do you think about me now and then? ‘Cause I’m coming home again. Baby do you remember when, fireworks at Lake Michigan, now I’m coming home again….If you don’t know by now, I’m talking ‘bout Chi Town!”