Luggage Fool

I'm flying out of Newark to Hong Kong (with a stop in Chicago) on Saturday morning... less than two days away and the floor in my room is covered with random things: way too many books, clothes, a stapler, cotton balls, a Cantonese language book, push pins, a ridiculous rhinestone hair clip from Koreatown, mango tea bags, a Dr. Seuss collectable tin I found at Bard for 50 cents, etc. The flight is a bit over twenty hours. The last time I went to China, which was a seventeen hour flight, I sat next to a man with a combover who coughed into a cup. Regardless, I'm excited and nervous and can't wait to set foot in the chaos that is Hong Kong. I'm meeting with the director of the International Writers Workshop on Tuesday and hopefully getting a bit more aquainted with my role as a Fulbrighter.... I'm also looking forward to haunting the HK library!