T-2

So today is T-2! Let's see, today I spent the morning and early afternoon running some last minute errands and getting some last minute things. I got a luggage strap to ensure that my luggage doesn't bust open in the middle of transit...I'm sure those airline employees wouldn't want to clean up my underwear that falls out of the suitcase. It's officially my last full day in Milwaukee and I can't believe that departure date is coming up and is real now! Up until now, it was so far away and seemed like a fantasy idea....now it's a reality! I didn't extract this or incept that idea or dream or fantasy! (haha, sorry, I just got back from seeing the new movie, "Inception" so I have dreams and reality all mixed up now....:) )

Overall, I'd say that it was a good movie. Not the best that I had ever seen, but a good new one that I've seen in awhile. It was really entertaining and action packed! I was really really confused at the beginning of the movie, but they tied the whole movie together really well at the end. Very interesting concept and overall, pretty good. And an added bonus, there was lots of footage and scenes in the motherland!!! Yeah, Ken Watanabe was in it and took them down on shinkansen and around Kyoto. There was also footage of Tokyo, so that was pretty sweet!

So as for packing...I'm REALLY close! I think I spare a few pounds in one check in before I hit the 70lb mark (otherwise there's a $450 charge per bag that is over 70lbs). Haha, I'm definitely NOT going to pay that fee. I'm just scrambling around tonight to make sure that I have everything together and am ready to go to Japan!

To add to my last day in Milwaukee, it has decided to be rainy/stormy all day long. This morning while running the errands, it was raining, but while I was in the movie theatre, a huge storm came through. Me and my friends had no idea until we got out and my buddie's mom had texted him about a local street and the major highway I-43 being shut down and underwater. We looked outside and we could barely see any buildings out the windows because the rain was falling so hard! Apparently in some areas, about 7-8 inches of rain fell within an hour. I'm no meteorologist, but that's a lot of water in one hour! And watching the news, my high school had some MAJOR flooding! They were showing footage and the hallways were filled with about ankle high water, and the basement where the sports locker rooms are were filled with around 3-4 feet of water....pretty major damage...:(

I really hope that this does not affect the roads still tomorrow because I have to get to Chicago tomorrow morning for the pre-departure orientation. In order to get south, we have to go on I-43 which was closed because of the flooding....not good news. Well, keeping my fingers crossed that the roads will be alright by tomorrow morning and that I'll be able to get down to Chicago alright!

Well, wish me luck packing up the rest of my stuff!