When I went into a store today looking for 'fishermans pants',
I politely asked the salesperon (with my most polite nice customer voice) "Do you sell anything like fishermans pants?"
And he said, umm, I'm not sure, but the fishing stuff is all over there....
'doh'
these pants might be harder to track down that I had first anticipated.
The reason that I was indeed searching out 'fishermans pants' is because I am about to head off on a journey to Israel, Egypt and Jordan, you know, just for a bit of R&R!
And today, this realisation has just come upon me that I will be in fact sitting in an airplane exactly two weeks from now, looking forward to landing halfway around the other side of the globe, in Egpyt.
(of course because of the long long flight I am assuming I would be looking forward to landing absolutely anywhere, however Egypt is the current chosen destination).
I have in fact never travelled overseas before, and this will be a totally new experience for me, hot dessert heat, trying to navigate myself around in a country where I can't speak the language, figuring out foreign curencies, clothes that comedown to both my elbows and knees, having to wear proper shoes that are proper...etc, etc
So I'm excited, nervous, a little scared, and anticipatory (is that even a word?) well, it is now...And I'm feelin' it, whatever it is.
I think the main thing is going to somewhere that is so totally foreign, and although I have read up just enough to get me around on Egypt, Israel and Jordan, I really have no idea what to expect, which is cool, in it's own 'anticipatory' sort of way
There, now it's definitely a word, I've used it twice, and posted it on the internet
genius
Now all that's left to do I suppose is load myself up with fishermans pants, (thankfully I did manage to locate some, in a different store mind you) sunscreen (oh how my casper colored skin will love the middle eastern sun!), ridiculously comfortable sandals and a lonely planet for my adventure of a lifetime...
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