One Week 'Till Japan

Considering that I made this blog a month ago and have yet to post on it does not bode well for the future. HAHA. Anyway, I am currently sitting on my bedroom floor, with tons of Japanese travel guides and other information about Japan strewn around me as I try to figure out where Nancy and I will travel during Golden Week. There's SO MUCH to see and so little time to do it all in! However, just reading and reading about all the cool places to go makes me super excited. I just hope that we can work the transportation out so that it doesn't cost an arm and a leg. Currently, the plan is to visit either or both Kyushu and Shikoku, two of the southern islands from the main island of Japan. While I know a group of Stanford students is going to Tokyo, and while I really want to go to Tokyo, I have been and maybe I can make my way there during the quarter some time for a weekend or such. MUST GO ON ADVENTURES. That's my mantra for this trip. TRY NEW THINGS. Meaning...eat everything unless it looks absolutely unappetizing and could be dangerous to my health.

A week from today I will be...I think almost to Japan by now. I may be one or two hours out (I'm still unsure of the time difference). It's so weird to think that I will be in another country a week from now, when literally last week I was thinking to myself, "Two weeks from now..." Time has passed so so fast this year, especially in comparison to last year. But I guess that means I just have to make the most of it. In reality, I'll only be there for 2.5 months. I'm already thinking about how short a timespan that is and how sad I will be to come back (and I haven't even left yet!). Funny thing as well, as I get closer to the departure date, my stress level seems to go down. You would think that the two are inversely related, or at least Negatively correlated: the fewer days left till I leave the country, the more stress I should have. Rather...it seems to be the opposite. Nancy this morning/afternoon made our shuttle reservations from the airport to the hotel and I got so excited that I forwarded the email to my mother. All it was was a confirmation for our shuttle; I realized how much of a complete dork I was after sending it (story of my life, lol).

Anyway, now I'm rambling. I'm going to AAA tomorrow to discuss transportation options etc. Hopefully we'll find something cheap cheap so that we can splurge more on sightseeing, shopping, and of course FOOD.