Slow Week

So it's been a slow week here in Winston. Most of us are buckling down and working hard to get through projects and tests. Our book readers are making their way through Shantaram. The nerds are playing marathon sessions of Starcraft, in between our work. Meanwhile, yours truly is trying to build up his resume and portfolio and find a job for the summer. Worst comes to worst, I can always just do freelance work all summer. Although that will undoubtedly leave me more poor than I would like. Anyway, I'll continue with our travel histories next week. But for now, I would bet most of us are settling in for a long, 500+ day wait for our adventure. 512 days to be exact!!!

The Spreadsheet Nerd

I've been crunching numbers instead of doing homework for the past 3 days. If anyone reads the forums you'll see my posts about it. Right now our estimates are somewhere in the vicinity of $23,000 (I always estimate high to avoid getting screwed by.... well life in general). So now we are in the process of cutting back that number. We hope to be able to cut it back to a final number of $12,000. I think we can do it, mostly because we are an adventurous bunch that likes to go with the flow. Most of our travels will be vague and general, which will let us pick up opportunities for couch surfing, and other forms of free housing / work. We've done some looking around for information on these. But of course, nothing takes the place of real experience. If anyone has advice, info, or links for us, by all means share them. We would really appreciate it. In a few days I'll add a links page of things that are helping us plan our trip. Only 531 days left!