Pucón: ¿Para siempre?

Hi everyone!
I feel like I really don´t have that much to update you all on yet but at the same time, I have so much to update you all on!
Okay, so Thursday night as I was getting ready to leave Santiago, I was getting pretty nervous and anxious.  My mind was being flooded with thoughts of bus trips gone bad, horrible weather, stolen luggage etc.  It was ridiculous how nervous I was... God has always taken care of me in my travels, why would this trip be any different?  But still I couldn´t rid myself of horrible images of me stranded on a glacier somewhere... Silly me, silly, silly me.  Once I got on the overnight bus to Pucón, my first stop, I popped in a sleeping pill and my earplugs and was out like a light.  And when I awoke, the bus was arriving in Pucón... Finding my hostel was as easy as 1, 2, 3.  I exited the bus station and there it was, all cute and happy.  Being as early as it was, my room wasn´t ready but the nice chica at the desk, Nea, offered me some coffee (what a saint!) and we got to talking and within 10 minutes, Hostel Refugio felt like home.  Home it was indeed, especially with Negra, the black lab, that inhabits the place as well.  Perhaps I´ll stay in Pucón forever?  I mean, there is a dog...
Okay, but maybe I´ll stay in Pucón forever because it is absolutely breathtaking.  It is a cute little town, very vacation-y.  All the buildings around the center look like cabins and little resorts... lots of wood and trees.  So quaint!  And don´t even get me started with the beautiful lake!  Oh my goodness... it is a little bit of paradise here.  My host family wasn´t joking when they told me Pucón is where all the rich from Santiago go to vacation.  I can definitely tell from the restaurants and stores and cabins that most of the vacationers here have some moo-lah.  As I was walking the streets of Pucón on the first day, I couldn´t help but miss my family.  I keep thinking how much they would LOVE it here.  Maybe if I´m lucky, I´ll be able to take them here one day.  It is amazing.
Anyways, on my first day here, I already made a TON of friends at the hostel, you know, fellow backpackers like me.  A German fellow and I even went ziplining, or canopying as it is called in Pucón, Friday afternoon.  Beautiful views and a little bit of thrill.  Also, a big group of us from the hostel signed up for the volcano trek tomorrow (Sunday) starting at 4 AM.  Yes, 4 AM!!!  I may be a little bit crazy... we will see after tomorrow... Yikes!  So that is kinda the big to-do here in Pucón.  (Yes, I did fail to mention that opposite the beautiful lake is the beautiful Volcano Villarica... paradise absolutely!)  Okay, so today being Saturday I had plans to go canyoning, which is repeling down waterfalls.  However, the weather was crappy in the morning so they canceled the first trek and then there wasn´t enough people to do the second... I was a little bummed out but everything happens for a reason.  Plus I saved fifty bucks!  AND it was probably a good thing I had the afternoon free otherwise I wouldn´t have had the chance to go get my haircut, which was wayyyyy overdue.  I walked into one peluqueria but wasn´t impressed by the way the lady greeted me, probably because I was gringa.  She just wasn´t very nice... So I kept walking around and it´s a good thing because I met Jorge, the owner of a cute little hair salon near my hostel.  He was so friendly and cheerful and even gave me the name and number of his friend who lives in Punta Arenas, my final stop in my journey.  People in the south really are friendly!!  Also, he did a stand-up job on just trimming my ends (I had heard from people in Santiago that sometimes hairstylists just go their own way and end up taking off INCHES!)  But Jorge did a wonderful job and now I feel so much better.  I know it´s silly that a haircut can do that but it can!
Okay, I´m rambling now but I just wanted to give ya´ll a quick update on Pucón.  The real update will come in a few days after I have recovered from hiking up a volcano.  I won´t lie, I´m a little nervous.  I hear it is super tiring and tough but totally worth it.  Tonight I go get fitted for my special shoes with the clamp-thingys on the end.  They definitely suit you up for this thing with a helmet, snowpants, snowjacket, special shoes etc.  Oh, the plus-side of hiking up this volcano is that on the way down (after 5 hours of hiking) we get to SLED down it!!!  Whoa!!!  Yes, there is snow...  It´s pretty high up there.  Anyways, wish me luck! 
¡Ciao!
Sarah
PS Maybe instead of wishing me luck, say a little prayer... I mean, they did afterall make me sign a waver including my insurance information as well as my blood type (I´m O+ btw)... Oh yeah, the volcano is active too so pray that it doesn´t decide to explode tomorrow!!  :)