In a rut and countdown to holidays

Another day, another blog post.  Really want to start blogging more but it forces me to think and my head hurts from thinking all day at work. Not sure what's going on but I'm finding it hard to concentrate on a task for more than a short period of time.  Distracted by internet, by music, by talking, but even when there are no distractions I struggle to keep focus.  I would self-diagnose myself as having ADHD, but then I feel like I'd be trivialising the syndrome and just using it as an excuse!

Need to start planning Japan, but I forget some of the places we visited last time so I will revisit the photos (my theory is that Japanese temples and shrines all look the same, just as European castles and museums/art galleries do)!  Lisa is flying from Japan on Dec 21st, and I am not flying out until Dec 24th.  It will be interesting as I've never been alone by myelf overseas.  I plan to spend the 3 days shopping, visiting the Osaka aquarium (geeky, I know) and eating lots of takoyaki balls!  Researching Osaka hotels on the weekend, I discovered that, for the most part, Japanese hotel rooms are tiny!! As in, no-floor-space-to-put-your-suitcase tiny!  I suppose I didn't know how lucky we were last time as we had, by comparison, really roomy rooms.  Citadines had room for a couch, and the Four Seasons hotel room was comparable to the size in any major Australian city.  The ryokan hotel room in Osaka had beds that were removed during the day to make the room seem bigger, but even with the beds laid out was more than enough room for us to stretch out.  I am sure any hotel room is far more spacious than staying in a capsule for a night though haha.

I can't wait.  I need a break to get out of this rut-like cycle.  Let the countdown begin: 33 days to go!