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Chernobyl
I’m home.
Alive, and mostly healthy and uninjured. The photos of the trip are currently on my facebook publicly here, but I’ll add them to this site tomorrow.
I am utterly exhausted, and weirdly depressed. For some reason it seems like the people I want to care most about me always care in the most hands-off way possible. Once in awhile, I need something more than that. But I’m sure it’s just a passing phase and I’ll get over it in a few days. Like, maybe once I make plans for Thanksgiving.
More later.
Okay, I am outta here.
I’ll be back very late on the 23rd. A friend of mine has agreed to cat-sit, so that takes a load off my mind…I get so concerned about the kittehs ;( In the meantime I may have some limited access to email but I cannot get texts and won’t be checking comments on this site or anywhere else.
I’m sure I’ll have a lot to update about when I get back! And lots of pictures!
Packing day
Since I leave to Kiev on Thursday morning (!!!) and I will be working all week til then, I’m doing most of my packing today. The goal is to not check any bags even though it’s a 10 day trip. Since the flight is like SF > LA > Munich > Kiev, I just KNOW my damned bags will get lost and I’ll end up totally fucked. The downside of that is that I like to carry a knife on me at all times, and I can’t do that without checking bags. So I guess if I get attacked by any hot Ukrainians, I’ll just have to use my bare hands ^_^
The itinerary is basically to tour Chernobyl on Saturday, then Sunday we’re touring an old missile base in Kiev…somewhere in between I’ll wander around Kiev a bit…then off to Estonia and spend 2 days in Lahemaa National Park. Then a day in Tallinn, where we’re just going to explore and do a ghost tour, then I’m headed home on Saturday while Star continues on to Latvia. If you’re at all interested in travel, you should check out Star’s site – she is a terribly impressive woman and has experiences some really awesome things!
Don’t worry, I plan on taking a million pictures and a ton of video while I’m over there..! I doubt I’ll have much access to email or anything while I’m over there, but I’ll update if I end up with the time and a wireless connection.
I wish my connecting flight was in Miami so I could sneak off and see the Wolfman on the way, but my layover is short-lived and in Chicago. There are times when missing him gets absolutely crippling.
Yum yum.
I can’t wait for this weekend. Time is absolutely crawling. I’m all shivery and tense. It’s like looking forward to a delicious dessert after being on a diet of dork for half a year.
Mutual respect and admiration is a wonderful thing. And he’s already coming out again around my birthday and again over New Year’s eve. :)
Unrelated – wish I knew why the fuck my Lightbox isn’t working on images, and why the font in my Galleries is all big and fucked up. I had to do a bunch of shit to get this site running smoothly recently, and a couple things seem to have changed and I can’t figure out wtf is doing it. The two things are not related, but they are both bothering me! If anyone has a suggestion, I’d be appreciative. I’m using the NextGen Gallery plugin, but I think the font issue is something in my theme.
JUST OVER 2 WEEKS TIL CHERNOBYL!