So I'm already sucking at keeping this thing up to date. Day to day life just isn't that interesting here in the quiet closing weeks of my stay in New York. Although, I did finally accomplish the last pressing task to get me on my way to Taiwan. I managed to convince the Taiwanese Consulate to give me a visa. There was some crying of real tears and a little bit of begging for good measure but in the end I got them to acquiescence and give me a meager 30 day visa. This, for the record, is total garbage. Everybody get's a 30 day visa. You don' have to apply for it or pay for it or anything. They let everybody stay for 30 days or less without paperwork. They kept my $130 application fee, the bastards. But I can't complain. It will get me there. It will do.
That same day I bought luggage. That's a funny thing. It's just one of those things I never pictured myself doing. Buying shoes, a backpack, dinner, yes of course. But luggage? That's so nearly adult. Walking around the wholesale district in Manhattan looking for a good deal on a (gasp) rollerbag felt a little out of character. "Yes, hello good sir. I am going on a trip and I would like to purchase the finest luggage that $50 or less can buy." Haha! It was actually very settling although. That and getting all my paperwork straight. The days are no longer nervous, anticipatory days with my departure date looming over me. Now they are lazy days. Days I wish would actually speed by. I'm ready now and I want to go. Thank you New York for everything but it's time to move along. It is a relief to finally, fully, resign myself to the choices I made months ago to take this trip.
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