excited, anxious, nervous.

[amberle404]

I leave for Japan in the morning.... and I'm starting to get very excited / anxious / nervous. Excited about all that I'm about to see and the journey I'm about to embark on. Excited about the culture, the food, the time with Becki, the general Japaneseness of everything. Anxious about leaving work and packing. Anxious about the 13 hour and 30 minute flight. Anxious about motion sickness (though I have 2 packages of dramamine to help me). Anxious about being able to find our hotels / guest houses. Anxious about trying to communicate in a country that is so very different from our own in so many ways. Nervous about group showers... I am really thinking about going stinky until we get to the place with private showers. That would be 4 days of stinkiness though. Maybe I'll just drink lots of sake and say live and let live. And nervous about sleeping on a train. Again, I pray the dramamine lets me sleep and not throw up.

But really, I know it will be the adventure of a lifetime and I'm not going to let any of my worries stop me from having fun. I'm going to be with a great gal that can at least say enough Japanese to keep me from eating pork or eggs (thus avoiding another sick trap) and hopefully help us navigate the train system.

And good news, I know that at least 5 of the nights we are there I will have computer and internet access. So stay tuned for travel updates... and lots of picture updates when I return.

p.s. Is it bad that I miss Mark and Leela already?