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"all my bags were/are packed . . .
. . . and i was ready to go." i should be on my way Ireland tonite but i called in "sick" early this morning. a couple of days ago, i started having the same problem i experienced in Kyoto in 2004. and if you remember that, it was not a good thing but it finally went away. i thought perhaps it was a food allergy. . . beer with okonomiyaki. and i don't even drink. but, being the "good guest" i drank some Asahi with home-cooked okonomiyaki. and that is when the problem with my throat started. eventually i got over it but it happened again a couple of weeks later at another friend's home (some of Noriko's relatives in Nara) when i had the same combination of beer and food. (i love okonomiyaki and beer really does taste good with it). that was when i was staying about a month in Kyoto to see the autumn leaves... aki dakara which is Japanese for "it is autumn, and that's why i am here." i had some very long night's not being able to sleep in my simple 6-tatami mat room skip forward to a couple of mornings ago when i started having the same problem. skip forward to this morning when i choose to stay home for a few more days and rest my throat. it does feel better now. if it gets worse, i will see a doctor. (yeah, right). if it feels better, i will be on my way to Ireland on tuesday night. so, that is why i am home now with my bags packed and not in Philadelphia getting ready to check-in for my crew briefing for the 910p flight to Shannon. as for yesterday, my favorite pair of flip flops broke as i was hurrying to the bus in Santa Monica. actually only one flip flopped but it was a little awkward walking with one flip on and one flop off. perhaps i should have bought this pair that i took a photo of earlier in Venice Beach.
