sjrozan

In case you�re wondering who the beauty in the new photos on the website is, that�s my goddaughter Eve. No, Jews don�t have godchildren, but we�re not really related so I can�t be her aunt. She�s 5 months old, the daughter of very dear friends, and of course the most marvelous thing ever to not-yet-walk the earth. Except my actual nephews, who are equally wonderful and all much older (the youngest is 6, the oldest will be a father himself in a few weeks).

Leaving tomorrow for Japan, so in the middle of a bad case of pre-travel jitters. This is the point, before every trip, where excitement is overruled by anxiety and I wouldn�t mind a call from my traveling companion saying, �Let�s put this off six months.� Except this time my traveling companion is already in Japan � he lives there. He�s a friend of a friend. The guy in the middle, Our Mutual Friend, was supposed to go, and now isn�t going, leaving me and Seiichiro to decide what the hell, we�ve heard enough about each other and had made these plans already, let�s do it. Tokyo, Kyoto, Kanazawa, Matsumoto. 12 days. The anxiety will start to fade on the plane and end as soon as Seiichiro picks me up at the City Air Terminal, wherever that is. But right now I�m glad I�m going to the NY Liberty game tonight, because I need something to drain these jitters!

Incidentally, I�ve been having technical problems with this blog but I think they�re fixed, so youse can expect to hear more from me than you probably care to. I�ll try to do this from Japan � stay tuned.

sjrozan I'm a writer, at work on my 11th book. This blog is a record of random and less-random thoughts. If you want to know more about me, check my website, linked here. I also had a blog going from spring through late fall 2004 about the publishing process for my 9th book, ABSENT FRIENDS. That blog's called "Progress" and you can find the link here. I won't make any more entries but I'm leaving it up in case anyone's interested; the process is more or less the same from book to book.
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Previous Entry :: Next Entry Read/Post Comments (0)		2003-08-05 4:00 PM Beauty at home, and pre-travel jitters In case you�re wondering who the beauty in the new photos on the website is, that�s my goddaughter Eve. No, Jews don�t have godchildren, but we�re not really related so I can�t be her aunt. She�s 5 months old, the daughter of very dear friends, and of course the most marvelous thing ever to not-yet-walk the earth. Except my actual nephews, who are equally wonderful and all much older (the youngest is 6, the oldest will be a father himself in a few weeks). Leaving tomorrow for Japan, so in the middle of a bad case of pre-travel jitters. This is the point, before every trip, where excitement is overruled by anxiety and I wouldn�t mind a call from my traveling companion saying, �Let�s put this off six months.� Except this time my traveling companion is already in Japan � he lives there. He�s a friend of a friend. The guy in the middle, Our Mutual Friend, was supposed to go, and now isn�t going, leaving me and Seiichiro to decide what the hell, we�ve heard enough about each other and had made these plans already, let�s do it. Tokyo, Kyoto, Kanazawa, Matsumoto. 12 days. The anxiety will start to fade on the plane and end as soon as Seiichiro picks me up at the City Air Terminal, wherever that is. But right now I�m glad I�m going to the NY Liberty game tonight, because I need something to drain these jitters! Incidentally, I�ve been having technical problems with this blog but I think they�re fixed, so youse can expect to hear more from me than you probably care to. I�ll try to do this from Japan � stay tuned. Read/Post Comments (0) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top