You Always Remember Your First Time

Hello world, it's your old pal Erica. Now that I've put that whole living in my car experiance behind me and have taken up residence (for the next few days anyway) at the Brown Palace, I thought it would be a good time to step into the world of blogger.com. I've been promising people for the past few months that I would start an online travel journal before I leave for my big adventure, and it seems that I have.

The story so far: I've spend the last year and a half living in Denver. I've been going to school at UCD, working at Starbucks (ugh), and dating/living with a wonderful boy named Will. I found myself at that time in a college career when one wants to stop taking electives and start working towards some kind of degree. Problem: I have no idea what I want to study, let alone what I'll be doing with my life once this college thing wraps itself up. Being completely level headed, I did the only logical thing- I dropped out of school, quit my job, broke up with Will and decided to move to Guatemala for the foreseeable future. Will and I got rid of the apartment on the 1st, and he moved into his own place a few blocks away. I've been staying with friends (aka living in my car like a crazy person). My mom got into town on business yesterday, and I've been staying with her in the Brown Palace on the government's dime since yesterday. whew.

On the 14th (I got valentine's day plane tickets for extra dramatic effect) I leave Denver for good. I'll be in DC until the 10th of March, and then it's off to Mexico for about a week. I'm going to drive from Southern Mexico to Xela, Guatemala. Wish me luck.