why not?

I'm finding myself with five minutes free and I've decided to write a brief entry. Not that it's extremely exciting, or that my content of five minutes will wow anybody...

Today I booked the tickets for my flight to Japan in June, which is wonderful (and EXTREMELY cheap!), and I'm going with one lovely coworker and possibly a second. The hostel prices (thanks to Luke) are so much better than hotels, so I've already booked a room to stay and everything.

In three days, my girlfriends and I are going to Beijing, even amid the TERROR of a worldwide pandemic of flu, supposedly of the swine variety, supposedly deadly, and supposedly spread by anyone returning from their non-essential travel to Mexico. Having not been to Mexico in nearly a full year (last Cinco de Mayo), I'm not concerned, not that I would bite the fear-mongering worm anyway. I'm totally resentful of oversensationalized media hype.

I've been really, really sick with bronchitis for over a week, and the weather has finally changed from rainy and cold to sunny and smoggy (albeit very pretty and green). My grandmother had a stroke on Easter and is now making a full recovery, which freaked me out but also showed me what an amazing woman she is. I've decided to go back to the States to visit this summer, especially to see my grandma.

The bell rang!