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0 Days – Vancouver, B.C.

I’ve been taking all sorts of movies about my little adventure to the great beyond, which I am hoping to add later when I have time to edit and upload them.

Sitting in the airport after the first leg of my trip.  The pleasant, two hour trip from PDX to Vancouver with nice scenery but insufficient leg room.

Yesterday was incredibly fun (I got to spend the day with Christopher eating fondue and the evening with Colin eating salmon) and horrendously stressful.  I won’t say I had a meltdown, but my brain was beginning to shut off.  I still had to do all the little things, like vacuum and box up laundry.  AND, I had to buy a ticket to Guam, which is a story in itself.

I got up at 7am today, which isn’t too bad, and we came to the airport.  My two checked bags together were .5 pounds under the limit.  I considered spending the extra $25 if I needed to, so I could bring that Dr. Bronner’s soap and peanut butter with me.  I really hope they don’t confiscate my soap.

After bidding Colin farewell, I went through security without a snag and took the long hike down to the Pendleton kiosk where Ruth, my friend’s mother, works.  She and I spent about a half hour together before I had to check in to my gate.

3 Days – Tying up loose ends

I got a text from Holie today, which surprised me.  I told her about going to Japan, which surprised her.  I have yet another person who wants to come visit!  I hope at least half the people who say they will actually do.  That would be awesome.

Well!  I have paid my student loans (for this month), taken my name off the electric, shut off the phone, and and currently working on getting my mail forwarded.  I’m also packing my actual luggage with the clothes and things I plan on taking with me.  I have some soap, spices, and eventually peanut butter, deodarant, and assorted girly things.

Most of my stuff is packed, but I’m still anxious.  I’m still here, which means there are still things to be done.

9 Days – Packing

I’m packing up the living room and kitchen.  From where did I accumulate all this crap?  I have CDs that I haven’t listened to since I moved into this apartment, much less in the last year.

There are piles for things I might take to Japan, things I will, things I’m storing, things I want to take to the thrift store, and things I want to get rid of but other people might want.  Oh, and there’s a pile for stuff that I’m going to store, but people might want to use while I’m gone, so I’m loaning.

Naturally, I get these little flashes of nostalgia whenever I pack up certain items.  I can’t remember what they were now, but it’s a strong emotional reaction to particular, familiar objects.  Fortunately, I don’t get this with everything; for quite a few objects I think, “I still have this?  Why haven’t I gotten rid of it yet?”  or something like that.

My two favorite drinking vessels

That being said, I occasionally get these little ripples of excitement.  At this point, these are mostly focused on getting everything done for my trip:  “I finished all the drawers!  I packed all the plates!” etc.  I also think about getting there, to Tomioka, and beginning something new, but that’s still a nebulous idea at this point.

My goal is to pack up all the living room and kitchen today.  Since it’s only about 12:30, I think this is doable.  The difficult part is to just keep going, since it seems like an impossible task.  It’s a good way to build up confront, I guess.  Packing and moving is certainly something I could learn to be less fearful of.