Day 12, January 23, 2010

Today my friend Rachael is leaving for a multi-month trip to Bolivia. I don't want to get all sappy and sentimental, and it's not like she isn't coming back in the spring. Plus she knows she's not allowed to get traded into white slavery or end up in some Brokedown Palace-style Bolivian prison where she has to sleep on a tatami mat for the next 20 years. So I'm going to wish her a safe and fantastic trip, try not to worry, avoid the long, drawn-out goodbye, and instead just say this: