Sorry about the inherent shoddiness and boringness of these photos but I didn't want to do a photoless post and didn't have any relevant photos so I quickly took these poops and edited them all within maybe the space of 10 minutes or so. Awesome I am.

First photo: hand luggage. I'm probably going to switch to another bag, though (old Nike duffel bag from my high school days) since it has more room and I'm only allowed one piece of luggage and one piece of hand luggage for our particular tour and I need to be able to stash my purse in it.

Second photo: real luggage. As you can see it's not very full which means I have room to stash souvenirs/purchases (YAY) on the way back. I've always been a terrible packer but have improved exponentially over the past couple of years.

Yes, I'm leaving for Japan in roughly 36 hours. So not mentally prepared. Need to go to Sephora to stock up on Rosebud Salve and UDPP before we leave since I'm down to 1/2 tin of the salve (need to travel w/ at least two of them) and the UDPP I've transferred out of my old tube has more or less dried out.

As much as I want--and have wanted--to go to Japan I'm going to miss being able to say that no, I wasn't born in Asia and as a matter of fact I've never even been there to those who look at my Asian face and think that it means that a) I wasn't born in America and b) I speak [insert Asian language here].

Meh. Pet peeve of mine. That's all. Must continue readying for travel. BBL.