Tic...tic...tic....

According to my new countdown gadget on my desktop, I arrive in Vegas in 5 days 3 hours 55 minutes and 14 seconds (and going down). Where does the time go? When I booked the trip it seemed so far away and so safe. Now it's breathing down my neck!

I'm excited. I'm nervous. I'm terrified.

Then something surfaced from my brain that I had forgotten about. The full body scan requirement (or pat down search alternative) that I'll have to endure in order to get on a US flight. Honestly, it should be no big deal. But the thought of MY body on a scan just icks me right out. Now I realize the person looking at the scan can't see me (thank goodness), but still the idea of it is not appealing at all. I've become a bit more freaked out about the body scan than I am about the party at the moment. I'm sure that'll change.

So, I leave Thursday. I'm actually taking a flight out of Alberta rather than BC because the flight was half the cost and made the difference between going and not going. However, that means I have a 2 1/2 hour drive to the airport on both sides. This wouldn't be a big deal if I wasn't driving phobic with the worst sense of direction in the history of the world (not exaggerating either). So, seriously I'm being really brave. My flight leaves at 12:30 so I'll leave home around 8 to make sure I have lots of time. The airport isn't huge so I'll probably end up with tons of time to kill at the airport, but I'd rather be early than get lost and run out of time. I am bringing my GPS (purchased cheap for just such an occasion). I'm sure I'll manage it. I'm still nervous about it though. I fly to Calgary and then from Calgary to Vegas.

The weather here has been darn right chilly (as in mid 40s to low 50s) so Vegas (100s) may be a shock!

Today I'm going to get my hair cut and hopefully looking cute and then I'm getting a pedicure too. I've never had a pedicure, but I figure I'll be in sandals for 5 days so it can't hurt. I'm not a foot person. I don't like feet. I'm not big on other people touching my feet either, so I'm nervous about the pedicure too even though everyone I know says they are great.

Then I have a bit of last minute shopping to do (barring anything I forget to get today that necessitates another trek to Walmart) and I need to get my packing started. Right now my sofa is covered in clothing. I know that when I went to Florida I took what I thought was way too many clothes and then ended up wearing all of them. The heat and nature of the event seems to lead to the use of far more clothes than I'd normally wear during the same time frame. So, I'm gonna pack lots.

I haven't decided if/what I'll bring in the way of implements. Likely I'll end up stuffing one or two in my bag that I like. So, I'll have to look through those too. So much stuff to do and the time is going by fast. Already 15 minutes has disappeared from my countdown timer since I started this entry.

I did manage to make it into the Shadowlane chat a couple of times and so got to know a few people a little bit. Luckily for me, iggy isn't a super common name, so people will probably recognize it. Plus, they've been pretty friendly so I'm sure they're mostly good people, although I've already seen one person posting on the board who if I see his name on a name tag I'll be running in the other direction!

Oh and it turns out a friend of mine will probably be arriving at the airport around the same time as I do, in fact, if he takes the shuttle we may very well be on the same one (barring any flight delays and whatnot). It'll be nice to see a friendly face right off the bat. Sometimes just starting out with one friendly face can make all the difference in the world.

Lots to do and time is running out fast!

Vegas, here I come!