rather a lot of books

[rivendellrose]

I went out shopping for books for my trip this weekend (last night to Elliot Bay Book Company, and today to Half Price Books), and... I think I may have slightly over done it? I have this thing where I sort of get out of control with books. It's like any other addiction - if you allow yourself to take even one drink (or, in my case, buy one book)... it just leads to going nuts and overdoing it. Sooo... I'm a lot more poor, but I have a lot of awesome books. Yay.

I'm also having occasional teensy-tiny little nervous breakdowns about OMG LEAVING ON WEDNESDAY. Well. Technically, going to LA on Wednesday night, and then omg leaving-for-real on Thursday morning. But still. Same diff, in a general sense. Either way, it's all very suddenly immediate and I'm only freaking out a tiny bit, really, of course. Really. Hah.

Expect a near-constant state of panic between now and Thursday. And then silence, hopefully followed by a triumphant "News From Tokyo!" kind of post on Friday night. Well... assuming the hostel really does have Wifi. If not, the triumphant post might have to wait until I can find a local internet cafe. :D

But that's not yet. Not until Friday. Until then.... yeah. Until then, it's all over but two more days of work, and a lot of packing and panicking and general fuss and worry. Wheeeeee.

Comments

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I'll try to ping you with a solid yes-or-no once we're there, but fair warning - I expect to be totally jet-lagged out of my brain, so please don't take it personally if I space on you. This'll be my first experience with jet-lag on an international scale, and I have a great fear it'll turn me into a slavering moron for the first few days. :P

[ikona-rakasha.livejournal.com]

That is what train napping is for. the only real way to get over jetlag is to force yourself to wake up that first day and exhaust yourself. You may be tired and cranky but... go out for a few hours *nods*

Plus coffee shops are everywhere. I love my instant whenever needed 300 yen coffee

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm going to try really really really hard to just throw myself out there and keep to the local schedule. :D

Alas, the coffee and I have a love-hate kind of relationship that involves me getting super-annoying (totally non-life-threatening but very upsetting) heart wobblies if I drink too much caffeine... where "too much" is more like a normal person's "some." :P But the good news about that is that I've been on restricted caffeine for so long that a little goes a long way for me. :D