going to vancouver
if you do not know where that is, here is a map:

if your first instinct is to ask "that map is kind of hard to read", here is a more detailed map

if your second (actual) instinct is to ask: "vancouver is a pretty well-known location i would be surprised if someone didn't know where it was"
or
"why is the detailed map only giving additional detail about the ocean water and not the actual land areas"
my answer is:
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ANYWAYS
brother has been pestering me to come join him on the trip. it's probably 100% because i am a hermit but meh why not vancouver seemed fun.
and also i got sick of being asked about it kinda oops
i haven't actually. arrived there, yet. so there's not much to say about the actual vacation itself
BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I HATE PLANES!!!
i don't know what it is with planes but being on this stupid thing feels absolutely terrible
it's especially annoying too because i feel physically ill without any good way of ignoring it
i feel dizzy just sitting down
i'm hungry but i absolutely do not want to eat a single morsel of food
and i can't nap through all of this because the back of the seat reclines like an inch (and any other alternate sleeping position was cramping/awkward in some way)
here's a visualization of what i was going through:

i haven't been on a plane in over a decade, so i suppose i just forgot that i do not like the experience whatsoever, and this was just an unfortunate reminder
oh well. two more hours of this
hopefully it gets better