We are finally, finally almost done with trip preparations. For the first time this weekend I can actually start looking forward to the trip instead of fretting about boring shit like how many socks to pack.
I still need to print up the itinerary and organize the maps, but other than that we're done. And I never did catch the swine flu, although now it appears there may be a super typhoon heading for mainland Japan this week. Oops.
Well, if we don't get blown away, I'll be posting on the trip from time to time, although not until we get done with our bizarre time-warp of a flight. Due to the magic of time zones, we leave Austin at eight tomorrow morning and land in Tokyo around five on Tuesday evening. For those of you who wish you could just skip Monday, it turns out that you totally can.