Count down

Four days and counting. I can't believe I'm going to be on the other side of the world in less than a week.

The weather is making it a little tough to leave California though. It is supposed to be 80 degrees today. I looked up the weather in Japan: It's 20 degrees Fahrenheit and snowing. It's the snow I've been waiting for all winter, just in the wrong venue.

I'm not complaining. I'm really excited for this, frostbite or not.

Another recent development is that my sister may be joining me at the end of my trip. My boss okayed staying for an extra week, but changing my ticket could prove tricky. I have to wait till I get to Japan, and I won't know what the cost is till I do it. Cross you fingers that it all works out.