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A moment in transparency

A moment in transparency

I’ve said that I’ve wanted to be as transparent as I could be while writing this blog. So here’s especially one of those moments. I’m a very nervous person. If you’ve known me for a while you might say I’m not as shy as I used to be. If you met me now (depending on where) you might not think I wasn’t shy at all. I’ve always been shy and I’ve always been quiet. My brother, on the other hand, has…

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It’s been a whirlwind 9 days. First stop was Medellin. This is where I found myself with Karen and Rodrigo. We spent 2 awesome days in the city. The first day we went to the observatory and Pueblito Paisa. The Observatory was a lot of fun (always made more fun by the commentary of Rodrigo and Karen). Pueblito Paisa is a cute little town on top of one of many hills. There you get an incredible view of the entire city of Medellin. In true Colombian (or vacation?) fashion, we had Micheladas while watching the sunset. For anyone who doesn’t know. Micheladas (at least the Colombian kind) are beer mixed with lime juice served in a salt-rimmed glass. TBH, Chilean Micheladas are my favorite they have chili powder in them and I love spicy things. Rodrigo, Karen, and I have been friends by proxy for many years now, but you get to know people on an entirely different level when you travel with them. Karen and Rodrigo are best friends so a small part of me worried that I would feel like the 5th wheel (3rd wheel in this case), but we had so much fun and I never felt a moment out of place. From the 5 days that the 3 of us were together, we have so many inside jokes. We laughed so hard and had such a good time. It was so much more fun than I ever imagined. I’d gladly go on a trip with them at any time.

The second day we went to Guatape, which is home to La Piedra which is very reminiscent of Stone Mountain. Let me tell you altitude sickness is really real lol. I thankfully didn’t experience it as bad as Rodrigo, but climbing that rock (on top of definitely needing to be in someone’s gym) was quite the challenge. Despite all of that we made! And I can definitely say that the view was worth the struggle. Guatape itself is a  very cute older city. It’s full of color and life which has been the theme for Colombia. For anyone who is friends with me on FB, these pictures are old. I’ve been uploading pictures at the end of every day

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, but at the risk of flooding people’s timelines, I think that I’ll just start posting pictures at the end of my stay in each city. Next stop was Bogota, the city of Rolos. Stay tuned for a separate post. Until next time :).

First Stop Medellin It's been a whirlwind 9 days. First stop was Medellin. This is where I found myself with Karen and Rodrigo.

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As I am currently sitting in El Dorado International Airport, I thought I would take the time to type up my first blog post. I didn’t blog when I lived in Argentina even though I made a blog before I left. I guess this is more something to look back on for posterity lol. I don’t know who will actually read this, but if you are Welcome. I’m deciding to be as candid as I can be with this blog. There are shit tons of travel blogs out there done way better than this one by people who actually do this, like for a living. That’s ok though, I’m putting this out there anyway. SOOOO as I sit shlumped drinking black coffee at this McDonald’s I thought what better time to just write stuff.

This is not the first time I have traveled internationally or by myself but I felt oddly nervous this time. I think because this is the first traveling that I’ve done that has required a lot of planning on my part. I did study abroad in Spain in 2013, but that was planned entirely by my university. I lived in Argentina for a year, but the beginning part of that trip I had a host mom and was attending classes. To my chagrin, I didn’t do a lot of traveling inside Argentina. I was too broke mainly. I literally went there with $500 in my bank account and once that was gone I was making Argentine Pesos which didn’t go as far for me. There are a lot of things that went into that that I’m not really going to get into because this isn’t the Argentina 2015-16 blog. You may be thinking “YOU MOVED TO A WHOLE DIFFERENT COUNTRY BUT YOU’RE NERVOUS NOW?!?!”. Yes, true but I feel the circumstances were different back then. Anywho, waiting to catch this flight to Medellin where I will be meeting up with my very good friends Karen and Rodrigo. The 3 Musketeers will explore Medellin then come back and explore Bogota. After that bye bye to Olay and Kaquen and I will be going to Pereira and then Cali. From Cali, I will say bye-bye to Karen (well she’s actually leaving me first) and then it’s off to Lima to visit more friends. And that’s as far as my trip is planned so far and that’s only half of it.

After Lima, it’s off to Chile and then back to Argentina. I’m quite honestly shocked to be making it back so soon, but idk why because if I wanted to make it happen I would and I did. It’s been 2 years since I came back from Argentina and my lord my Spanish has deteriorated. I’m distraught. I just never have occasion to speak it at home Hopefully it will come back to me quickly because I feel so sad right now. Don’t get me wrong I still understand it very well, I just don’t have the fluidity of expression as I once did. Also, I hate myself for being shy and overly self-conscious because I could have improved my Spanish so much more when I lived abroad, but I always avoided speaking whenever I could. Oh well, that’s in the past. I don’t have to do that this time around. Well, the writing has worked. I’ve eaten up some time and now I think that I will use the rest of my time to watch what I downloaded on Netflix. Until next time.

New Adventures As I am currently sitting in El Dorado International Airport, I thought I would take the time to type up my first blog post.

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I Fell Off

I fell off really hard guys (I mean not that anyone is really reading this). I have been back stateside for 3 weeks now. It’s kind of hard to believe. Honestly though it feels like I never left. If it weren’t for my friends keeping in contact I might think that it was all a dream. I am currently enrolled at GGC taking Physics 2 and Ochem 1. I needed to take both Ochem 1 and 2 this summer but it’s…

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The taste of your lips... Something about the taste of your lips. Juniper berries of my favorite gin. Drunk off the contact The taste of your skin Juniper berries where do I begin?..

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Secrets

One of the things that secretly burns me up inside is when someone undermines or tries to diminish something that I find important. Importance is a lot of times purely relative I know and accept this. It seems a lot of people don't though. Just because we don't value something the same way don't tell me what I think, want, feel, etc isn't important or is less important than something else.

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Ok

Everything's ok... Just don't ask if everything's ok. Cause somehow in that one question it ceases to be.

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Belonging in a place of un-belonging

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They say you can't be just friends with someone you are in love with. I disagree. Although I think no sane person could. It takes a special kind of masochist to endure that heartache.

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Travel Tuesday: Linea Caffe in San Francisco offers incredible waffles like this one topped with salmon roe. Check out more of the best new places to eat in San Francisco.

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Moon and Stars

I wanted to be the moon when you were counting the stars I wanted to be your brightness in a night blacker than tar Now I spend the nights wondering if I'll ever know sunshine again And if daily mantras can keep the floodgates of pain within What's scarier than looking back and not knowing who you are I wanted to be the moon when you were counting the stars

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Just enough liquor to be sleepy and incrediy .....

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Teetering on the edge of oblivion. Yes. No... Jump.

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"she's the unstoppable force and I had to get out of the way"... Perfect

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Nadie lo ve como llora mi alma. Nadie lo ve los horrores de mi mente. Y las personas que yo pensaba pueden verme. Pues ellos no me vean. Nadie me ve.

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I just wanted to be enough. I wasn't enough

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Shhhhh listen. Ppl will tell you all about themselves when they think you're not listening