Episode 6 : Our "interesting" status was short lived

Well, after some long and late night discussions, we decided to cancel our trip to Japan. Things there just keep getting worse and we've heard some scary stories of people literally running out of food and supplies in Tokyo now that the panic is creeping into the daily life. A lot of airlines have stopped flights to Tokyo. Our flight still left on schedule.

The good news for us is that everything was 100% refundable because of the circumstances. It's kind of weird that yesterday we were still planning on going and today it's all over. I feel like I've lost something that only existed in my head. That sounds dramatic but I can't shake whatever feeling of loss that is. What's worse was going in to work this morning, not because I'm doomed to be here for the next 2 weeks now, but because people keep stopping me in the halls asking, "Aren't you supposed to be in Japan?".

Steven and I went to work this morning with our bags still packed. Lamby is inconsolable.

Bowie is happy that we're staying. Who else would be around to bug him?

Unfortunately, we exchanged money on Monday and so i'm not sure if that falls under the refund umbrella like everything else. So I guess we won't be needing these...

Only kidding. We'll hold on to those babies so that when Japan gets its economy back we'll be rich! Plus, we'll use it eventually. We're going to try to go in the Fall after the Summer rush is over or maybe even next Spring. Until then, we'll take smaller vacations.

Also on the horizon are the 2012 Olympics in London. Requests for tickets opened about an hour ago so we're going to talk about maybe going to that. Maybe even in addition to going to Japan. We'll see.