At the precipice of ZOMG!!1
I leave for Japan in 7 hours and 14 minutes! That’s 8:00am, but I have to be at the airport at 5:00am. The plan is to just not sleep until I get on a plane, so hopefully, I will conk out immediately upon take-off and not have any jet-lag on the other side of the world.
I’ve somehow got my life down to around 90 lbs across 3 bags. My house is now in a total state of disarray, since I have completely neglected to clean in my packing frenzy.
Earlier today, we had the pre-departure meeting for the Boston JETs. I went, I schmoozed, I got my passport back, I ate… it would’ve been pretty fun had all my unpacked bags at home not been plotting aneurysms in my brain.
After that, I re-bought some omiyage, because I discovered the horrific “MADE IN CHINA” badge on the stuff I’d already bought (I even tried scratching it off… didn’t work). I’m making it seem like I did this in 2 seconds, but it actually took WAY too long than it should have because 1) I cannot navigate the financial district, 2) I cannot navigate the North End, and 3) I am crazy indecisive.
Then I packed… and kept packing… and I’m still sort of packing right now, except for the fact that I’m typing at a computer and not really packing (can you tell I should not be writing anything right now?).
Well, it’s going to be a loooong day ahead. Will update again when I am hopefully more coherent.
