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[melrudin]

It's now almost 12 days 'til I leave.  :O  I have a 'Japan corner' in the living room now with my suitcases and stuff I'm bringing.  It's making it infinitely more real.  This is crazy.  I mean, I've lived abroad for study abroad, but nothing like this before.  I've always lived with my family, in a dorm/campus house/campus apartment or with a host

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[artemischan]

I understand what you're going through, hon! It's kinda frightening to be just up and moving to another country. I at least had Erik with me the whole time, so I wasn't completely alone, but I know you're going to be great. I just hope that your flights and visa stuff all turn out okay.

Just remember to take deep breaths and find your center often, and you'll pull through anything. :)

[melrudin]

Thanks. :) I just have so much I need to do before I leave. It's kinda crazy. Once I can call the visa office tomorrow (assuming that call goes well), I'll feel a lot better about it I think. Though I still have lots to do before I leave... 12 more days...

[artemischan]

Scary to think about, huh? I'm sure everything will be fine with the visa office. I don't think any visa office is more frustrating than the USA's, and they didn't give my friend a temp visit visa because they said she didn't have a good enough reason. =/

Just take things calmly. You can rush around like crazy, but always make sure that the things on your list are getting done, and take the time to breathe! <3

[melrudin]

Oh, I definitely am. :) I'm honestly not too freaked out about it... more just kinda like "Wow, this is big." haha. The things on my list are slowly getting checked off and I am trying my best to enjoy my time here before I leave. I just have a lot of things to do and have been doing tons of research about everything.

The visa thing's just dumb... and it should be fine, as long as they actually go pick up my package at the post office like the usps told them to. lol. It SHOULD be fine-I just need to call them to verify since it's due tomorrow.

[fuyuko_neko]

This is about how I feel about my move to VA and it isn't even across an ocean! It's just this huge thing of what-ifs and what could go wrong thoughts. And yeah, being somewhere different with nobody you know nearby.

The visa thing would have me climbing the freaking walls. Hope it works out alright. I was bad enough off when I received a letter Friday telling me to arrange a drug test in 24hours - no offices open Saturday, no details on the test or paperwork needed. Thankfully, the person I'm working with got back to me and my questions quickly and made it all better.

[melrudin]

Yeah, makes sense. It's just a huge new thing. I've never done anything like this before-let alone in a foreign country. O.o

Yeah, the visa thing's driving me crazy, though I feel better now that Patrick reminded me that I could fax it if it doesn't work out. so that helps. Wow, yeah, that drug test thing would freak me out too. o.o That's good that you were able to get it worked out quickly, though...