so I haven't written in a while...

Sorry to all who have been trying to read this blog and there has been nothing on it! :( I have been really busy and unable to write.
So i'm pretty much done with school, I just have 2 finals and my galapagos trip! My mom's visit was awesome, we went to Otavalo, the market town and went to a really beautiful restaraunt called hermosa vista in the central part of quito. it was a perfect view of the city at night with all the churches lit up and stuff!
The next day we went to a bull fight! It was sad to see the bulls die but I'm glad I went... it was a cool cultural experience. Unfortunately afterwards my mom and I got sick and were out of service for a day and a half. The cause is still unknown...
On Monday I showed my mom my school... not too exciting...
Tuesday we went to el centro and looked at a lot of churches and went up to el Panecillo which is a hill that has the virgen of Quito on top.. it was pretty cool! Then I had an exam and my mom hung out with the fam. My 2nd Galapagos exam was actually really easy compared to the first one which was really cool!! Tues. night we headed South to Banos.
Wed. we did a tour of waterfalls in Banos in a Chiva which is a party bus, but in this case, it was just a open air bus to see waterfalls. The coolest part was that Volcano Tunguragua was erupting and we could visible see the ash exploding from the top!
Wed. night we headed North to Latacunga,where we stayed the night. In the morning we went to a market in Saqsilli which i thought was overrated.. We bought some stuff though. Then we went to Laguna Quilatoa a volcanic lake which was really cool. It's this amazing color green and a steep hike down. It was cool. We took mules back up the hill; i think my mom would have died if she hiked up, plus a driver was waiting for us to take us back to a city called Zumbahua to get a bus back to Latacunga.
The rest of the time we just chilled in Quito, my favorite city! Oooo I'm really going to miss it here!!
Today I ran all over the place trying to get my visas for Brasil and Chile. I pick up my visa for Chile tomorrow and have two exams and hopefully I'll have time to get my "permission to leave the country" slip. Ojala que si!
So I leave for Galapagos on Wednesday and get back on the 22nd and the on the 23rd I come home!
I have mixed feelings about coming home. I'm REALLY excited, but at the same time I'm sad to leave... We'll see!