Goodbyes are never easy. Not even when it hasn’t quite registered in yet how long you are going to be apart from your loved ones. Some tears were shed, I got hugs and kisses, and slowly it’s starting to become more clear in what kind of a mess I’ve put my spoon into.
I’ve gnawed most of the skin off my fingers by now, I’m so nervous. I think I have done everything and that I have everything I need with me, but still I have this terrible feeling I have forgotten something super-important. Right now I’m sitting at Helsinki Airport and waiting for my flight first to Nagoya (4 hours to go) and the second flight is tomorrow to Sapporo. The longer flight will be over night and thanks to Japan being 6 hours ahead of us, it will be 8am in the morning Japanese time when I arrive to Nagoya (that’s 2am for us, how the hell am I supposed to survive this?!). Afterwards I’ll switch to Japanese Airline and arrive at Sapporo around 1pm.
I think I have all important papers, and I was smart enough to exchange money in advance and picked the envelope here from the airport. I have my passport, visa and money, so even if I forgot something, I’m sure the rest will figure itself out.
Oh hell, here we go.