Tomorrow, and tomorrow ...
So Tomorrow is the big day, the flight into Beijing. I have that sick feeling in my stomach because I'm so excited and worried all at the same time. Kind of like at Christmas where I had to force myself to go to sleep. My parents used to have to get up in the middle of the night & get me chamomile tea and arrowroot cookies to settle my stomach (what can I say, I can work myself up quite a bit). It's the good kind of sick, though (is that even possible?). I'm packed, I have about 3 more CD's to rip to iTunes then my iPod, and I'm all set. I have a couple of books, lots of Mandarin to learn, and 14 hours of pure boredom to look forward to before I land.I have a funny feeling that I'm a little in over my head. I can't speak a word of the language and I'm flying in all by myself. I'm a little unprepared, kind of like the nightmares that I get before exams. I've learned how to say "start the meter, please" so that the cabbies don't rip me off too much, but I worry that I'll be saying something like "your mom eats donkey poop" if I don't pronounce it in the right tones (for those of you completely unfamiliar with Mandarin: the syllable "ma" can be pronounced 4 different ways, and each way means something COMPLETELY different, kind of like a musical emphasis on the first or second part of the syllable - it's freaking ridiculous!!)
Thanks to the well-wishes from everyone, and seriously, if you'd like a postcard along the way, send off your address so I actually know where to send things to, otherwise, I'll have a lot of unsent postcards taking up precious space from the purses I need to purchase for my mom, sister & neighbours. Apparently Louis Vuitton has a new design. As long as it's bag-like and functional, I should be fine - bonus points if it's shiny. :P
So toodles to everyone I'm leaving back in North America and those of you elsewhere that I will be leaving further away from. Happy trails
Jenn
posted by Jenn @ 10:30 a.m.
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