Well, my friends. In 24 hours I will be a mere quarter of the way into a 12 hour flight to the city of the future. That's right.....I'm going to Tokyo. And I'm terrified. I'm sure it will all be ok once I get there (except that we only marginally speak each other's languages and I have no idea what's going on) because Hagen will be there to fix it. Oh I'm so dependent. But man....I hate airplanes. AND I just moved, so even if I weren't trying to hope that I remembered everything I would be freaking out because I don't know where my things are located. Add to this....I'm leaving tomorrow from Chicago, via bus from Milwaukee, via bus in an hour and a half from Madison. GAAAAAAAAAAAAA. So....If I AM missing anything, I won't be able to get it from Madison. I can't even do the appropriate last minute check before I leave. It's leaving me terribly frightened that something is going to go wrong. And then there's the airport. Both navigating O'Hare International Terminal by myself (getting checked in, hoping my bags aren't too heavy and they're not going to let me take them on the plane, dealing with passports, security stuff, getting to where I need to go) AND trying to find Hagen in Tokyo m-fing Narita. In a place where NEITHER of us knows what's going on. Then getting the rail passes exchanged. Then getting to our hotel. I'm not as worried about that part because, again, Hagen will be in it too. And, as crazy as this one sounds, he's a much more calm and rational thinker than I am when he doesn't know what to do. He very rarely lets on that he doesn't know what to do....and he just seems to make sense. Whereas I......well....I freak out. As I am doing now. Very nervous......very very very nervous. Send up some whatever your equivalent of prayers are that it all works out and I get there and cruise the anime city. And also.....that it doesn't send my hopes and dreams and childish ideas crashing to oblivion.
I'll try to update if I can get to the net (which seems like it should be an easy thing to do in the city of the future...and if GiTS told me anything)...otherwise, analog writing of my thoughts will be done and posted later.
Sayonara English-speaking homeland......to the great beyond I go!
