Getting things done.

So thank you to Craig and Christena who have been keeping me updated on my own blog
...Christena informed me I had a blog :)
and Craig explained the route we would be taking on the trip for the next four months:)
So there you have it ..1-Scott updates the blog, 2-my friends check the blog, 3-I call my friends, 4-they update me on the blog.
I realize this is crazy and so I've decided to become more internet interested and I have told Scott that if he puts up any more posts before I have a chance I'm breaking free and starting my own blog. He thought that was pretty funny and so here I am so that I don't have to start my own blog... cause I'm not sure how that would go.

Well the last three days have been craziness. I swear I have clocked over 10 hours looking for flights. I was able to find an all inclusive in Panama for the first week of our trip and then to Peru for the next three weeks all working out to the same price,... but after thinking about it I thought this is not what this trip is about and I would rather have the extra week in Peru. With that all said we then decided to go to a travel agent to make sure we had insurance on the flights. I definitely felt over prepared and I believe she booked the same flights I had picked and same price, but at least if we lose our ticket or the airline goes bankrupt we are covered. Also while we were there she looked into booking a four day treck for us from Dec. 15-18 on the Inca trail, up Machu Picchu and then a train ride back to Cuzco. The treck is like 7 hours of trecking a day. I'm thinking Scott and I should hit the gym hard for the next 10 days so that we aren't dying carrying our 50lb packs on this treck (maybe we can find somewhere to stow them). Although it sounds hard I am so excited!

I believe in the last 3 days I have met my computer quota for the year. On top of checking fligts I have also been searching out cell phones, looking up other peoples blogs and trying to find a cheap net book. There was a post on kijiji for a $100 net book but the lady never got back to us and so then we tried to get one on sale yesterday but they were sold out everywhere. I finally found some in London and so I finagalled it so that I could order it on line and pick it up in London over the weekend, as the sales man assured me twice... you cannot buy it over the phone with your credit card... crap! So I had to try to figure out how to order it on line. So done and done. We now have purchased a samsung 10.1" netbook, which we need to pick up in London on Saturday. We also bought an unlocked blackberry quad band phone fairly cheap, so that we can send texts to all you awesome people.

We just purchased an additionall 45 days of insurance, as the insurance we bought through Scott's work only covers the first 60 days. Good thing we read the fine print. One lesson I have learned is that insurance companies have a magic number and it's called 3 MONTHS and medication needed for longer than this.... you will be paying for. I think I've decided that my next trip will be 3 not 4 months :). Well I feel anxious after all this... I'm sure you feel the same way after reading it all. This is craziness but it is going to be so COOL. I can't wait.