Packing

First of all, happy birthday to my Mom!!!!!!

Maybe I should have just stuck to my goal of 5 posts a week for the month of February.  There's not much new to say.

I have the next three days off, so I'm going to a town called El Soberbio on the border of Brazil and to see some waterfalls called Saltos de Mocona.  Hopefully that will give me something more interesting to write about. 

I moved out of the room I was sharing with a coworker this morning and in to a different room in the hostel.  Since the summer is over and kids go back to school tomorrow there will be a lot less tourism, and more than enough rooms.  This is the fourth place I'm living in San Ignacio, and each time I've moved I've really appreciated how few things I have.  I really like not having a lot of stuff.  It's much easier to move, easier to decide what to wear, and easier to keep track of my things.  I think I'm going to get rid of everything that I don't really like when I get back.  It's nice to look at the 5 shirts I have and think, "I like all of these," instead of look at 20 shirts and think, "I don't feel like wearing 75% of these."

I remember when I went to Germany in the summer for 3 weeks right after high school I took a giant suitcase and I think a small suitcase as well and felt so limited when packing.  Five trips later I think I have really perfected the art of packing, as I have survived quite well for the past 6 months with just a travel size suitcase and a small daypack worth of belongings.  It's always funny when Emily and I have to pack for a trip because she has about 3 times as much stuff as me (but she's been getting a lot better lately).  Sometimes we play a game that we list out a certain number of each item of clothing, and that's all we can take.  Emily usually ends up bringing more anyway, and then I make her lend things to me while on the trip when I realize I don't have something.  It works out quite well.