I sit in the airport ready to go on an extremely unique trip that was only ever possible through my unique situation and stage of life. I am going to visit a beautiful Argentinean woman in her home country. I don't have a job as I just graduated college. I did a summer internship which extended my time to settle down with job from my degree. That turned into planning a trip to follow my internship. I need money so I sought out a job through a connection I made doing kayak tours with my internship. Connections have taken me so far when I step back and think about it. It is always worth it to be friendly and talking to people. Being shy and stuck in your own head is a waste of time. Especially since most of that time is not fully enjoyed. Talking to people is how I ended up with a foreign girlfriend and on the way to a country I would have never guessed I'd go to 6 months ago. I am fortunate enough to be able to live with my parents which helped me save promptly for this trip. I also worked hard though. My landscaping job I was paid 10 dollars an hour and worked 10 hour days. I thought I was going to be able to learn all the tricks of the trade of landscaping especially in the making of patios and decks. Ultimately the language barrier I feel prevented this from happening so I mainly just watched him like a hawk when I could. It was nice to be able to listen to my fellow workers speak the language even though the Mexican Spanish supposedly way different then the Argentinean and I they did teach me some knew things to say. I have been practicing Spanish through the app duo-lingo and a little through books.We'll see I'd like to learn a lot of Spanish while I am there with Sofia as my primary teacher. When my internship and job had ended I had a a solid 1,500 dollars but my goal for the trip was 2,000 dollars. I made a deal with my parents to put in a patio for them before I left on the trip. This would give me the extra $500 I wanted to take on the trip. Although I wasn't a pro patio builder, with a little bit of research and few phone calls to my previous employer I was able to build a whopping 12 by 20 ft patio in my backyard. My parents and I finished laying the bricks yesterday. I am so excited to be reunited with my woman I haven't seen since May 18th where I cried like a baby at 5 am when she was gone. I had never cried like that in my adult.. even teenage life. So I figure it is a good sign that I really like her. I am going into this vacation with out any real expectations about us and our future but rather just try to see how it goes. I will try to reevaluate when I am back in the States. I think that is the best way of making sure my thinking is stable. But is our thinking ever really stable as human beings? I am planning to pursue my passion of music on this trip and record a lot of songs onto Instagram with Sofia.
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