Pre-Flight Jitters

It is exactly one week before my departure to Japan!

Everyone always asks me "are you excited?" or "are you nervous?"

The answer is inevitably "both". But now that the departure date is so close, I feel not so much nervous or excited as incredibly impatient. Impatient to get to Japan and not have to answer those questions anymore! There are only so many times a person can explain and re-explain the mixed feelings one has about any significant event. It is almost to the point where it feels like people I barely know think the extremity of the event (or the distance being travelled in this case) is an excuse to ask personal questions they are not entitled to answers for!

Sorry to sound harsh, but sometimes it is nice to just be wished "happy trails!" without a "how are you going to keep your relationship going?" thrown in the mix...

But that is enough of that. To continue, I am in the midst of the tiresome tasks associated with any duration of travel, such as informing credit cards, buying travellers checks, etc. Having to do these things only adds to my impatience to have everything DONE, and be able to enjoy the experience without any unecessary trappings.


じゃ また 明日,

リンズィー