this is a non-weather related entry
I plan for it to be, anyway. Today, just barely here, is the day before I leave Hokkaido for Tokyo where I shall spend the remaining week of my holiday.
Yesterday, I bought myself a small suitcase so tomorrow will be a lot of fun. I shall heave a huge sigh of relief when I finally reach my hostel in Tokyo. I think of my route from here to there, and it gives me not that much Christmas cheer. First, a hazardous walk to the streetcar station, then to the bus stop where I shall board a bus for New Chitose airport, then a plane to Haneda where I shall then take the monorail, then a train to Ueno, where I will need to switch trains to get to Minami-Senju. Finally, there is a 15-minute walk from the train station to the hostel. What a delightful journey it promises to be, with a backpack, a carryon bag and now a suitcase.
Today, I shall pack whatever that still needs packing (I got inspired this evening and packed quite a bit of stuff already). Then, I shall need to clean this room and return it to its initial glory. I have bags of sorted garbage that I have no idea where to toss, because say, plastics are Wednesdays, burnables on Mondays and Thursdays, and paper on Fridays. And, today is Saturday and you aren’t not even supposed to put out garbage the night before, so doing that a few days before will definitely be a despicable act.
Am also slightly nervous about missing my flight on Sunday. This anxiety stems from the fact that I overslept the day I was supposed to leave for Asahikawa. The alarm did ring, but I had forgotten to reset the volume level so it rang only in theory. Funny thing was that I was already awake about half an hour ago and that I was waiting for the alarm to go off; when I decided to check the time, because waiting feels like forever (but I don’t like waking up early, in principle), it was almost an hour after when the alarm should had gone off (loudly). However, it is also entirely possible that I did hear the alarm go off, thus my half-awake state. Ahh, the mysteries of real life.
To summarise, I shall triple-check and double-confirm that my alarm will be ringing loud and clear on Sunday morning.