S.O. , cat, and I arrived in one piece. We transited Dulles enroute to Shopping Mall USA. That sucked with a capital S. Immigration, getting the cat cleared, and making our connecting flight was all a challenge. Nothing makes you appreciate Japan like the dealing with surly TSA people and American baggage handlers.
I was able to get both the S.O. and myself upgraded which meant the cat had to go in a hard carry box. That as it turned out was a good thing. The cat had more room to move and S.O. could sleep well. Which means that she is less than normally cranky.
I’m dog tired. And now that we are here-the whole time in Japan seems like it was just a dream. I’m not sure how I feel about that. Give me a few days to get adjusted and I will come back to that. It is so weird though, knowing that I do not have a return ticket taking back across the dateline in a week or so. That is just a different feeling. Weather here is great though.
Tomorrow is a big day with lots to do-and my body clock is way out of sync. More tomorrow.
For one thing we have to figure out how to navigate around this:
The center of Shopping Mall USA!
That’s our navigational beacon for at least a while. I reference where I am by which direction the Saturn 5 is. The rest of the town? Nothing but shopping malls.
Spike’s in Shanghai and I’m here. There is no justice in the world.
O yasumi!