I can't believe it's been 10 years - Let's go to Japan!

 So we decided, for our tenth anniversary, that we wanted to do something special. And a whole bunch of things coincided to make that something special actually feasible, even possible... so we did it. We're going on a two-week once-in-a-lifetime trip to Japan for our 10th anniversary!! I promised to share the itinerary and whatnot with everyone, so here it is! I put all of this together from scratch, without a travel agent.  OUTGOING FLIGHTS: Albuquerque to LAX: Flight 3012 departs Wednesday, February 1st, 2023 at 7:20 pm MST, on a Bombardier CRJ700 (flying as American Eagle). This flight is on time, as of me typing this (4:08pm 1/31/23). We're supposed to land at 8:26pm PST (9:26pm MST), get from the regional terminal to the international departures terminal (the app has directions, thankfully), and then... sit and wait. Until midnight! LAX to Tokyo Haneda: Flight 169 departs Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 12:09am PST (1:09am MST), on a Boeing 787-8, taking a route along the ...

PHEW! A little over ten years ago, while living in a little casita behind CNM, I cooked a very belated birthday cake for my boyfriend of 3 years. It was one of those Cake Boss boxed deals, and it looked questionable, but it was edible and delicious, and most importantly, I'd conquered my anxiety and procrastination about it. That was cause for celebration enough! I have pretty bad ADHD and a tough time following through on plans and finishing things! And then he got on one knee and put a beautiful silver and garnet ring on my left ring finger and asked me to marry him. Me! of all people! Scary Met, formerly fueled by righteous rage but now disabled and with a broken brain! I'd never even made it past the 3-year mark for relationships without everything falling apart! And him! He'd been through a lot of rough relationships, including one which seemed eerily similar, and lived in 8 other states before asking me if he could crash here to get on his feet, and whoopsie doodle we...