Dateline: Tokyo
Apr. 30th, 2002 03:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
khaosworksSo, it's over for the moment - my sojourn in the US, that is. The only thing that's managing to stave off the post-trip blues is the thought that it's only 7 months till the end of the year and that I'm taking steps to ensure my next few stays will be longer. Here I am, in Tokyo, struggling with the weird Japanese keyboard in the Yahoo! Internet Cafe here, and trying to gather some thoughts.
Chickamauga and Chattanooga with Bill and Brenda was a lot of fun, a lot of information, and a very very active day (leading to cries of "Perrier! Perrier!" or at least "IBC! IBC!" from yours truly). I saw the Chattanooga Choo-Choo, now part of a Holiday Inn where they have hotel rooms in boxcars. We even managed to catch the closing ceremonies of Confederate Heritage Month, and a tear-jerking rendition of Dixie. Although the speech by this Georgia senator about how we had to educate the young about the "truth" of the South galled me a bit. But hey, it's Heritage Month, and he's a politician. They're entitled.
The flight has been uneventful so far, and I dread to think I may actually be getting used to the length of it. The additional luggage thankfully passed muster and hopefully should make it home unmolested as well. I'm going to grab a bite to eat before boarding in about 2 hours, but before that, just some words about this last month.
It's been great. Thanks to Bill and Brenda,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
autographedcat, telynor, duality, weirdsister, adamselzer, jost, kungfoogirl, gala and Chris, and dietbubba and binkiegirl for visiting, reo, spiritdance and Daniel Glasser for also coming down to visit, David Rood, quadrivium, Elsinore, tbons, Kay, Spry-Boy, and anyone else I've forgotten to mention for making me feel at home and making me want to make the Atlanta area home for the forseeable future. I keep coming back to a comment telynor left, that it was nice to see me on an occasion that didn't feel like a special occasion. And yeah, that's how it felt like - not a special occasion, but one that felt perfectly natural and part of what should be.
I miss you all, but with any luck, it won't be for very long.
Chickamauga and Chattanooga with Bill and Brenda was a lot of fun, a lot of information, and a very very active day (leading to cries of "Perrier! Perrier!" or at least "IBC! IBC!" from yours truly). I saw the Chattanooga Choo-Choo, now part of a Holiday Inn where they have hotel rooms in boxcars. We even managed to catch the closing ceremonies of Confederate Heritage Month, and a tear-jerking rendition of Dixie. Although the speech by this Georgia senator about how we had to educate the young about the "truth" of the South galled me a bit. But hey, it's Heritage Month, and he's a politician. They're entitled.
The flight has been uneventful so far, and I dread to think I may actually be getting used to the length of it. The additional luggage thankfully passed muster and hopefully should make it home unmolested as well. I'm going to grab a bite to eat before boarding in about 2 hours, but before that, just some words about this last month.
It's been great. Thanks to Bill and Brenda,
autographedcat, telynor, duality, weirdsister, adamselzer, jost, kungfoogirl, gala and Chris, and dietbubba and binkiegirl for visiting, reo, spiritdance and Daniel Glasser for also coming down to visit, David Rood, quadrivium, Elsinore, tbons, Kay, Spry-Boy, and anyone else I've forgotten to mention for making me feel at home and making me want to make the Atlanta area home for the forseeable future. I keep coming back to a comment telynor left, that it was nice to see me on an occasion that didn't feel like a special occasion. And yeah, that's how it felt like - not a special occasion, but one that felt perfectly natural and part of what should be.I miss you all, but with any luck, it won't be for very long.
