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Entry Trip End May 31, 2006

  Buenos Aires, Argentina
Wednesday, May 31, 2006

So the day has finally come. Ed and I try to shake the disbelief from our heads as we rush to resolve last minute details. We haven't had time to take breathe and enjoy our last moments of Buenos Aires, but I feel we will be able to do so better from the plane, watching our city get smaller and smaller and smaller until she disappears.

I only thing I am dreading is the goodbye. My eyes start to water by just imagining how they're going to have to tear me apart from Paula or Juani so I prefer not to think about it until the moment comes. Having gone through so many good byes when moving countries, you'd think I'd learn to deal with it better. But as years go by and relationships grow deeper, it undisputedly becomes harder.

On the other hand, in just a few more hours we will be starting a new life together and we can't help but feel completely exhilarated

01 Nacho's yummy pizza

. We haven't slept in over 24 hours but our energy levels are way up there...where they should be.

This week was really hard and I just want it all to be over. The preparation has really just gotten to us. The stress and the emotions and the goodbyes are just too much right now. This week was Paula's birthday which was extremely fun. We had home made pizza made by Nacho and I bought a Brownie volcano as a cake. My sister Gloria made her grand entrance blowing detergent bubbles and we stayed up laughing and yelling and "disturbing other neighbors" until we were called by the building's security guard to please be quiet. It had been a long time since we had all gotten together and had such a good time. Everyone seemed to have grown a bit apart lately but things seemed back to normal in Pauli's birthday party. To me that was a huge relief but also a huge weight on my chest, since I had to hold back the tears most of the party, as I knew this was going to be the last fun get together in a long time.

The next day Ed and I invited everyone over for an intimate goodbye get together. THis time around, the spirits were a bit lower. Juani said he had the feeling he was in a funeral, not because we were not having fun, but rather because he felt we were having the typical polite chit chat before something sad

02 Pauli and Luz

. He usually makes creative analogies like that, but this time around, I felt the exact same way.

The guys left a few minutes ago, and while Ed is taking apart the rest of the computers, I sit here writing deliberating on how The Preparation ends. We not only prepared physically but also mentally. We learned from others, from each other and from ourselves. We prepared from the smallest detail to the greatest feature with the same amount of care and will. We prepared our relationship for the best and for the worst. And most of all, we prepared our lives for this explosion. As the preparation is now officially over....so begins Zento, the beginning of a journey.

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03 Juani	04 Juani take 2	05 Lu glo and Pauli	06 Bubbles
07 The Brownie volcano	08 GLo and Juani	09 Bubbles	10 Juani's Shoes
11 Luz y Pauli	12 Nacho y Luz	13 Gloria making her bubbly entrance	14 Claudio
15 Pauli cake-smeared	16 Dumbfounded by a Bubble	17 Pizzas!	18 Piggy
19 The small gathering	20 Piggy no. 2

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