It started at 5 AM. All my items were downstairs in the entrance, so Eriko and I spent some quiet time together before heading down. The "airport limousine" (shuttle van) was right on time - 5:30. It picked up three other passengers, although I wasn't awake for the last one. We arrived at Japan's Central Airport about 6:30 - plenty of time to make my 8 AM flight. I waited for about 15 minutes in the check-in line for ANA. After I arrived at the counter, I found out my flight had been cancelled! The airline refunded the ticket and gave me instructions for taking the shinkansen to Narita. Of course, those instructions had me boarding a train that left in 10 minutes! I hurried to find the train station and bought myself a ticket to Nagoya Station. That was no problem. The instructions, however, said that I should take the shinkansen which left at 7:58 - but the first train didn't arrive at Nagoya until 7:49. Alas, I could have purchased the entire trip at the CentralAir station but did not - so despite rushing through Nagoya Station at high speed (with my luggage), I missed the desired shinkansen since I had to wait in line to buy tickets.

This year’s resolutions are focused on health - emotion, mental, and physical. Hopefully these resolutions are all measured and attainable.

• JLPT: Level 3 (1409 words, 284 kanji)
• Smaller waist (awaiting initial measurement)
• Running and/or swimming at least twice per week
• At least two hours of exercise per week
• One diary entry per week.

Isilon will be trading tomorrow using the ticker symbol ISLN. Very cool.

I just took my last final for the UW Professional Master’s Program. Provided that I passed, I will have my master’s degree. Woo hoo! In other news, Jerry is now clearly indicating when he’s hungry - and he can clap!