It's Coming...

I still remember the feeling when I pressed the button. Purchase ticket now. The exhilaration mixed with sheer terror as I leaped headfirst into this adventure. $1000 from my bank account and a few deeps breaths later, and I had finally reserved my round trip ticket to Norway/Iceland.

That was January. And since then this trip has seemed so very far away - like a tiny speck in the distance. But now, quite suddenly, it's here. Exactly two weeks from this moment I will be seated on a plane headed for Norway. Just over 330 hours. Holy Crap.

Today was the first real day of physical preparation. I went to REI and spent an ungodly amount of time and money getting "supplies". Of course there were the necessities: good rain coat, good warm fleece, day hiking pack, hiking boots. Then there were the things that just seemed so necessary at the time. The packable pillow. The supposedly amazingly absorbent full size travel bath towel. A handy passport carrying case. Oy. I'm out of control.

And so very excited.