Chile Is Here! ...well, kinda

So, my excursions began yesterday at 8am when the time came for me to drive to Minneapolis/Andover to stay with my friend Katie. The drive was pretty quick and painless (maybe too quick...I got a speeding ticket...shoot). After arriving in Minneapolis and dropping off my wonderful travel buddy Fernando at the airport for his flight, I headed to Andover where Katie lives. We had a great time catching up, and before I knew it, it was time to get ready for bed in preparation of my 3:30am wake-up.

If any of you know me, I am not a morning person, so getting up was a little rough. And to be completely honest, excitement didn't change things because I wasn't excited. The flight part has been the one thing I've been nervous about the entire pre-trip time and I today already, I have been given plenty of reason to have been nervous (notice that I am blogging when I'm supposed to be flying...)

So now here I sit at Gate C12, where my plane should have already loaded and taken off by now, but we are still waiting to board. Ish. Any other time I would not have really minded a delay, but considering I have to make 2 other flights after this one, the delay only presents unwanted frustration and anxiety.

However, I know that things will work out! I will make it to Santiago eventually, with or without my baggage, ha! But if any of you out there have a private jet, fly it my way, would ya?

In closing, here is a picture of my good friend Katie and I when she dropped me off at the airport this morning. Katie, if you're reading this, THANK YOU for waking up soooo early and supporting me. It really meant a lot :)


Thanks for reading, and hopefully my next blog is from Chile!! Saludos amigos.


-Andrea