As you can tell, I've been very busy lately. Sooner or later I'll figure out a way to deal with my crazy schedule, but right now I'm working and working and working, and when I'm not working I'm thinking about working, and when I'm sleeping I'm dreaming about working. This week is Spring Break, though, so there's a bit of a respite. I don't get Spring Break off myself, but I can work my actual work hours, 7:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M., which is much better than the hours I have been working. With the increased free time I have this week, I went ahead and scheduled my vacation for this summer. Last summer, I went to Peru, and I loved it. This summer, I'm going to Ecuador. Here is the description of the vacation:
Explore Ecuador’s spectacular Andean interior and the Amazon lowlands. This trip includes some very special experiences, including a village homestay in the jungle and a 400-year-old hacienda. Add hot springs, colonial Cuenca and the largest handicraft market in South America and you have the trip of a lifetime.
You can see more information about it here and an even longer description here. A yellow fever vaccination is mandatory for any one going into the Ecuadorian jungle, so I'm going to try to get that this week. Also, there is a volcano right outside of Quito, Cotopaxi, which is 19388 feet in altitude and which I'm really hoping to climb at the start of my trip. I'm going to email the local guides tomorrow to see if I can do it. I'm hoping that living in high-altitude Colorado will make me acclimated enough to the altitude to do it when I first get there. I don't have time to do it at the end of my trip because the fall semester at the Air Force Academy will be starting up right when I get back. Even if I don't get to climb Cotopaxi, I'm still really excited about the trip. I've started studying Spanish this week so that I can talk to the locals when I go there.

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