At this point, I wish I had thought of some nickname for my readers other than, well, "readers". Because then I could have started this, my capping entry for this one-year excursion, with something like, "Hey there, Loonies, it's been a fun ride, hasn't it?" But I can't, so let's move on from here. This is my blog's epilogue (epiblog?), and I can guarantee you right now, it is not going to follow any logical narrative path. It is somewhat stream-of-consciousness, and will just jump from topic-to-topic of what I want to note. It'll be fun. And it'll put a bit of a capper on the whole trip, I hope. So let's dive in!
Entry #076: Saturday, April 19, 2014 (Torrance, CA)
Alright, here we are: the final normal narrative entry! Don't
worry; I'm not going to stop here! Truth be told, I'd hate to close this out on
such a dull note. I might be posting
another entry about my re-acclimating to life in the US (if that turns out to
be a thing), and I'll definitely be
posting a retrospective entry, giving my overall impressions of the trip, plus
some interesting factoids (seriously, try to guess the total word count of this
blog). But let's not focus on the future, let's focus on the past! What
happened in the last few days of my trip? Uhhh....not much. But let's check out
what that "not much" entails!
Entry #075: Monday, April 14, 2014 (Guayaquil, Ecuador)
Back in Guayaquil, well past my one-year anniversary, a few days from returning back to the United States, and lemme tell ya, folks, it's been a bit of an emotional roller coaster for me, inasmuch as I can feel emotion. I'll explain more within the entry, but needless to say, there's been a veritable hodgepodge of feels. So let's look into what brought about said feels in the last few days, as this may be my last entry before my days will be filled with photo uploading and other computer-planning thingamajigs, which make for terribly dull narratives. So let's hop to it!
Entry #074: Wednesday, April 9, 2014 (San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands)
So, I'm guessing that this is going to be my last entry from
within the Galapagos Islands. The next time you hear from this blog, I'll be
back in Guayaquil, in what will either be my second-to-last or possibly last entry before being home. What a
concept, eh? Truth be told, I'm genuinely not sure if I want there to be 75
entries or 76. 75 is a mathematically
pleasant number in many respects, but 76
has the added bonus of also being the number of photo albums I have from the
trip. A coincidence, to be sure, but a fun one. Stay tuned to find out, I
guess? But first, let's look at what just happened in the past few days. There
are wasps, guaranteed!
Entry #073: Sunday, April 6, 2014 (San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands)
I would love to say this entry is my one-year anniversary
entry from the beginning of the trip. I really would, and I guess I could, but it would be a lie. The actual
anniversary is on the 8th. However, I can't guarantee I'll have Internet access
to post on that day, and I don't want to be late,
so I guess we're celebrating preemptively? Yay? In any case, with one year
rolling around, we're getting ever much closer to the end of the trip, but
before we look at that, we continue our work in the Galapagos sun. (And trust
me, there's plenty of sun.)
Entry #072: Wednesday, April 2, 2014 (San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands)
Before I begin, I don't necessarily what you might have
heard about in the news, or connected it with the fact that I'm in the
Galapagos, but at the moment of me posting this, all is well with me. I haven't
been swept away or any such thing. I can't make any guarantees for any point
after this, so I guess you'll just have to stay tuned? Anyway, I've been doing
some work here at the Hacienda Esperanza for a few days now, and it's been
good. Different than my Askari work (significantly fewer crazy animal encounters,
for one), but neat in its own way. And the afternoon relaxing is quite nice.
But let's not waste time with generals; let's dive into specifics.
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