At the Gate

Here I am! It is only a matter of time before they start calling for boarding and I will be on the way. Today was my first experience with a connecting flight and I'm happy to say that it went smoothly. In fact, my first plane took off and they said we'd be around forty minutes earlier than expected! How about that? 

It is at this moment that I am reminded of a book my parents gave me before I went off to college titled 'Oh, the places you will go' by Dr. Seuss. The places I will go indeed! I wouldn't have imagined upon receiving that book four years ago that I would be on my SECOND trip to Japan now. 

I could go on listing more and more references for the beginning of my adventure, but I will close with this for now. I feel the words of Auron from Final Fantasy X echoing within me now, "This is it. This is your story. It all begins here."