I spent most of today getting organized for the trip. I contacted credit card companies, notified the State Department of my trip, copied all my important papers, made a file to leave at home and one to bring. I uploaded all my old pictured and deleted them from the SD card so that I have plenty of space for the pictures to come. And I did some outstanding tasks for the Lay Academy and LSAC, nothing like an upcoming deadline to get myself in gear I guess. It all took more time than I expected, as usual.
The fun tasks were to decide what books to download onto my iPod (Palace Council, Her Fearful Symmetry and a collection of Dylan Thomas plays) and to make a playlist for the plane. My suitcase is partially packed and I think everything is going to fit. I know it is a little early, but experience tells me that during the work week I won't get much done. So mostly things that aren't done today will wait until Thursday night or Friday morning.
I also spent some time reading a guidebook. It is a few years old but it is the LG guide to Britain. I read the parts on Wales in general and Swansea in particular, I also read about Scotland and about Edinburgh. I have more to read, I may bring this guidebook along on the trip.
Even with all that preparation, I can't really imagine myself in the UK. Perhaps it is because it is somewhere I have never been. Even though I have seen hundreds of pictures recently of London, and have been reading the guidebooks, it seems so far away. I really never expected to be able to take a trip outside the US (with the exception of Canada which doesn't seem that exotic) so maybe that is part of the blocking too. Well, imagine it or not, it isn't far away. Pretty soon I will be there and won't need to imagine it.
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