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May. 24th, 2010 09:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bebootsOh man oh man - departure date is coming up quickly! Something inside me is panicking very quietly...
I'm trying not to stress too much about packing. I mean, I'm going to the British Isles, not Uganda; as long as I have my money(cash/debit/credit/whatever), my passport, and my camera (& its charger), I can acquire everything else. So if I forget to pack socks or toiletry-X or whatever, it's not THAT big a deal. I can acquire it with little difficulty. Right? Right. Okay.
Maybe I feel stressed and anxious because a certain Icelandic volcano has shot my confidence in the airline system. I mean, I was AROUND for the September 11th attacks. I lived in Kingston, which houses a sizable Canadian military base just north of New York State, so there were several days of panicked "OMG WE COULD BE NEXT!!!" which may have been puffing up our own self-importance, but maybe not... Canadians are like Americans in disguise, amirite? :P Anyway, but I was in grade SEVEN at the time, and I hardly ever flew anywhere except in the summertime, and school had just started, so I wasn't affected like, at all, by the groundings and panic about planes and so on.
Now, though? This is too close for comfort. Before April, I lived in a world in which I'd book a flight, and I'd fly out on the date that was on my ticket. Maybe there'd be a few hours delay, especially in the wintertime with snowstorms, but the point is? Only rarely were flights outright cancelled, in my world.
Now, I'm not so sure. I gave up an amazing summer job to go on this trip. I will actually cry if it gets cancelled or delayed in any way. I don't think I'll completely relax until I'm at my hostel in Dublin, meeting my friends. Until then? Stress! D:
I'm trying not to stress too much about packing. I mean, I'm going to the British Isles, not Uganda; as long as I have my money(cash/debit/credit/whatever), my passport, and my camera (& its charger), I can acquire everything else. So if I forget to pack socks or toiletry-X or whatever, it's not THAT big a deal. I can acquire it with little difficulty. Right? Right. Okay.
Maybe I feel stressed and anxious because a certain Icelandic volcano has shot my confidence in the airline system. I mean, I was AROUND for the September 11th attacks. I lived in Kingston, which houses a sizable Canadian military base just north of New York State, so there were several days of panicked "OMG WE COULD BE NEXT!!!" which may have been puffing up our own self-importance, but maybe not... Canadians are like Americans in disguise, amirite? :P Anyway, but I was in grade SEVEN at the time, and I hardly ever flew anywhere except in the summertime, and school had just started, so I wasn't affected like, at all, by the groundings and panic about planes and so on.
Now, though? This is too close for comfort. Before April, I lived in a world in which I'd book a flight, and I'd fly out on the date that was on my ticket. Maybe there'd be a few hours delay, especially in the wintertime with snowstorms, but the point is? Only rarely were flights outright cancelled, in my world.
Now, I'm not so sure. I gave up an amazing summer job to go on this trip. I will actually cry if it gets cancelled or delayed in any way. I don't think I'll completely relax until I'm at my hostel in Dublin, meeting my friends. Until then? Stress! D:
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Date: 2010-05-24 07:47 pm (UTC)Anyway, I found this article on CNN which may help calm your fears about the volcano. http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/05/24/volcanic.ash.cloud.dormant/index.html?hpt=Sbin
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Date: 2010-05-24 09:40 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-05-25 03:17 pm (UTC)On the same note, if you ever want to visit Quebec, Ontario, the Rocky Mountains, or British Columbia, you know who to call! :D (We have gorgeous and ridiculous amounts of nature over here!)
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Date: 2010-05-26 02:14 pm (UTC)I truly hope you'll find time to come here!
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Date: 2010-05-26 03:39 pm (UTC)http://www.offbeattravel.com/churchill-manitoba-polar-bears.html
You apparently go in these giant buggy things and take photos of the bears. It's on my "to do" list for life. :)
But yeah, we have pretty good skiing out West, and the Rockies are especially good for watching wild animals like Big Horn Sheep, Elk, and such. :) (I'm proud of my country, can you tell? :D )
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Date: 2010-05-26 03:42 pm (UTC)I suspected that, I know that traveling in lapland is expensive so...I'll go there when I have more money. I love northern nature.
I love winter, but hate skiing and almost all winter sports. ^^ That polarbear tour sounds awesome!
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Date: 2010-05-26 04:28 pm (UTC)Northern nature is gorgeous, if you can stand the cold (I can).
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Date: 2010-05-26 04:32 pm (UTC)no subject
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