Máncora, Perú... 37 Meters Under the Sea
Well, the same thing happened that did last year. I literally did not go anywhere outside of Quito between Guayaquil Day (Oct. 10) and Christmas Break. This year is definitely easier than last but I feel like I am working Harder. Better. Faster. Stronger. The maximum level of burn-outage has been reached... so this vacation was more than deserved. Seriously, there have only been five-and-a-half days off all year so far (four full-days and three half-days). Plus, now that I live in the best apartment ever, I never really see people anymore because I just crash each night and weekend. This break-- I earned this. When I returned to school, I did a mental inventory for my to-do list, and I could not even remember what I did in my classes for the three weeks leading up to break. Whenever the topic of Christmas break came up, "people's" (students, colleagues, etc) initial reaction was to ask if I was heading back to Wisconsin. Since Thanksgiving, I have been feeling quite h...