As I sit here stuffed to the brim with barbecued goodness, I am truly excited to finally have a minute to write a quick post. Chile is in the throes of its 'Fiestas Patrias' (remember last year?) so we are all gearing up for an entire week off (!) to eat assorted meat products and drink red wine until we can no longer move. It's all very festive. And man, are we in need of a break! We both took full class loads this semester so we could complete some way overdue house projects and the schedules have us running ourselves a little ragged.