Ciao 79

I came back from E-commerce conference in Quito (the long way, of course, to avoid getting close to the volcano that is threatening to erupt, which makes the trip 8-10 hours instead of the usual 5.) with grand plans of catching up on my blog and scratching off a dozen other things on my 3-page to-do list. Yeah, well, Puyo is out of power. It turns out that all of Pastaza AND Napo provinces are out of power. We're talking about vast expanses of the country here... so that foiled my plans of vegging out on the couch with the laptop to write and curling up in bed to watch Charlie Wilson's War with my hubby. So instead, I read a really cheesy book with my headlamp. And now I am back in Quito. Yippy skippy.