Argentinian Glacier

I've been back in the USA for just slightly over a month and feel like I still haven't actually caught my breath. As is always in the beginning of a new semester this one started fast right out of the gate. The Spring semester typically feels faster than the Fall, but in some regard I still can't believe we're only two weeks away from Spring Break. I've spent these past four weeks prepping my classes, planning senior theses with students, traveling to NYC for a long weekend of networking our sport management club, and starting to plan our end of the year banquet (yeah, already).

I've been meaning to post more pictures from my trip and cover some of the parts of the trip that I didn't get to do while abroad, but when I have a couple hours to relax all I want to do is sleep or zone out. So don't be surprised if every once in a while I end up posting random pictures from the South American Adventure in an odd order. It likely will have no logic behind it, except to say that it will likely be what I feel like I can handle in the moment.

When I first returned to the States and anxiously downloaded the photos from my camera something really weird happened.  I was stoked to see that some of the photos are just breathtaking and came out better than I ever imagined my little Cyber Shot could take.  But amongst some of the stunning photos are splotches - dark spots in the same exact location over and over. Now, I know that sounds like it was probably just a smudge of dirt or a raindrop on the lens, but what's weird about this is that the spots aren't in every photo. It occurs at seemingly random intervals - picture 3, picture 7, picture 8, picture 10, etc.  At first I thought a series of the pictures within the total set had the marks, but then I recognized the tainted photos weren't sequential.  The only way I can make any sense of that is maybe there was something on the lens that caught the sunlight at only certain times. I really don't know. In the previous paragraph I said that the content of my future posts will likely be related to what I feel like I can handle in the moment.  That's because I have to edit some of the photos to try to minimize those smudges.

Here are some more of the photos from the Argentina Glacier National Park.

 

 

 

Gah!

I've been trying to post a blog update for the past five days, but we haven't had a ton of reliable internet to do so. I've been back on good wifi for part of the day/ evening and for some reason my last post about Machu Picchu won't load. Gah! This is eerily similar to how my Wet Hot Asian Summer blog dropped off half way through my experience.... 

Melissa and I are about ready to head off into Torres Del Paine tomorrow morning. This is my first real experience backpacking and I'm pretty excited, but also a bit nervous - mostly because I'm new at this. I feel prepared, but I'm hoping I'm ready for the unexpected.  Prayers and positive thoughts are appreciated!!

It's 10:35 PM and because we're so far south the sun still hasn't actually set (AND it's even cloudy and raining right now). I've got to put my phone down, get my eye mask on, put my earplugs in, and get some sleep because we've got a big day ahead of us! Hopefully when I return I'll have successive posts lined up on after another. 

While I'm excited to be going tomorrow, im really starting to miss home. I'm thinking of all of you! 

 

No, that's not a green screen - that's me at Argentina's Glacier National Park!