5...4...3...2...1...GO!

Life has almost passed me by!!  The last month has been jam-packed and crazy busy due to finals, graduation, and then immediately moving and trying to plan for Central America.  So far I have managed to sell my furniture, change my addresses, donate about 1/2 of my belongings (literally), and re-organize everything I own into Rubbermaid containers and heavy duty boxes.  As of this month, all of my possessions are finally in one city and stored in the same place.  I have to admit that after the past 6 years of myself and my belongings being schlepped across the entire state of AZ I was beginning to feel a little scattered.  Now that all my stuff is simply packed and in one city, I'm just a regular old hobo.
Living out of a backpack for the next 10 solid weeks, at least, has to be the craziest idea I've had yet.  I've only been to Mexico and some parts of the US, but I've never really been overseas.  Not to mention I've never been on an actual long flight, done laundry in a sink, not understood the language that surrounded me, so this is going to be a VERY different experience.  Tengo un poco miedo porque no practique mi español para tres semanas, también.  ¡Espero que todo estará bien y vaya a recordar como hablar!
So far, the plan is to fly into Costa Rica, travel south to Panama and Bocas del Toro and then we're going to shimmy up the leg of land hitting both the Pacific and the Caribbean sides of the region.  I'll post a more exact list of what cities we'll be visiting before I take flight, but I know that were going to be able to see some volcanoes, the rain forest, Tikal and other ruins, and we're definitely going to spend some time on some beautiful beaches.  Beaches are great because they're free. :)  We're planning to fly out on the 29th of May (this Saturday), and I know we'll be back sometime in the early 20's of June.  I should have about 2 weeks back in the states before I fly out again, which kind of complicates things because I will have no where to live and all of my stuff will be in boxes.  (So if anyone wants to put me up for a few days, you'd be an amazing person for life in my book!)
I still need to find clothes and shoes that I can wear while traveling, so this week will consist of packing like mad, shopping like a mo'fo', and hopefully relaxing and drinking in between.  However, I still feel like I have so much to do that it's getting to be slightly overwhelming.