Anticipation

In one of my earlier posts I said I was going to try really hard to live in the present moment, and not dwell on how many months or weeks I have left in my stay here and just take it minute by minute – but I am just too excited!! I am breaking my own rule to announce that there are only seven weeks left before I depart on the BIG TRIP. The BIG TRIP will take me to Beijing for three or four days, then on a train for two days through crazy altitudes and mountains, where I will travel to Tibet for close to 10 days, then head to Nepal for a couple of days, then back to Hong Kong via Mumbai. I just can’t handle the anticipation, I am so excited! It’s going to be a fantastic trip, but a lot of prep work is going into the trip as well. I have to get four visas – I am happy to say I now how my Chinese visa *yippee* and I am also scouring the city for appropriate clothing. This is a harder feat than one might think. For those of you who know me, I am not a size 2. I am not obese either, but it's been a bit hard to find clothing here that fits me. I bought pants the other day in a mens' large and I also had to buy mens' sandals. Women's shoes only go to size 9 (I am a proportionate size 10 ladies). How I wish we had a one stop MEC here! So the countdown is officially on. I will try to continue to live in the moment, but if someone mentions Tibet, BIG TRIP, or basically the month of June, I can’t make any promises that my mind won’t wander.