three weeks and counting

passed the three week mark today. only a week now to go before i'm officially on holidays. everyone gets a portion of semana santa off - usually between an extra two to five days, and we're gonna be getting the latter. this might make travel plans difficult as places might fill up quickly although with my luck and experiences in the sierra during carnaval i might find places totally devoid of people. we'll see. so far though i have a trip to baños planned. it's a resort type place in the northern highlands, near enough to quito, riobamba and the orient (amazon). once there i can either soak in the hot springs (the name baños means baths), take a mountain bike out for a spin, do some repelling down a cliff or two, or something similar. the place is supposed to be the most visited tourist draw within the country (as i have read in a tourist magazine). it's also dotted with international restaurants, hosts a bevy of foreigners and even sports a handful of spanish schools.

right now i'm not feeling so hot. woke up with a rather urgent need to use the facilities and later felt the twinges of a headache so i decided to down some pills and get my internet time in before heading back to sleep. i think something's going around - jane is pretty sick and has been to the clinic a couple times this week. andy's father is a doctor and met with her and now she has a prescription for at least four different medicines and an ineligible note that we think asks for more tests. the weather has been increasingly rainy and humid - this might account for some problems as our bodies adjust - let's hope anyway. it'll be a shock for a day or two to return to the relative (it'll be april) ice-box conditions of canada.