Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Counting The Days

Last night I began packing, or at least finalized my packing list and threw some socks on top of my duffle bag. Slow it is all coming together. I can't wait to get over there. But there is still a lot that needs to get done before I leave.

It is crazy to think that I am 10 days from flying out. 11 days from when I will set foot on Japanese soil. Every day at work brings reminders of how real this trip is. Today my supervisor was asking me where I wanted to eat when we arrived in the country. I thought it was kind of a funny question since I have never been there before but I do know there are a lot of options. He listed off a lot of my options and there is almost too many to choose from. But I think the first night we are going to get Japan's version of a kabob...

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Changes

So speaking of how life seems to change and rearrange on ourselves... From a meeting today my trip has already been changed and extended from the one month planned to now 5 weeks. It isn't much of a change, but it is looking more certain that I will be over there for more time.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

The Background

Life can be strange how it moves and changes you sometimes more than you change it. I think that is how this (and probably future trips) affected me. Life was just going along as I had planned and well stuff out of my own control changed and here I am leaving for Japan.

Thankfully it is my job that is sending me and not a totally random trip to foreign lands... though I wouldn't have minded that either. I found out a little more than a week ago that I am scheduled for my first month over at our facility in Japan and from the sounds of it this will be one of many trips to come.

So here the trip begins, some training, some Rosetta Stone, some pre-packing, and a lot of anticipation of what to expect...