I've been wanting to write an entry all week after coming to Santa Fe, but couldn't find the time because Reina and I were always together, ha ha. We really were only separated for about five hours this whole week? I'm sitting at the airport now, waiting for my flight after saying good-bye again ( Read more... )

I AM A PACK RAT TO THE NTH DEGREE. Trying to clean my room. Realizing I have so much stuff, too much stuff ( Read more... )

How the fuck have I not written anything since Tokyo. Mid-Tokyo, even ( Read more... )

Tokyo has been stupid-eventful since I last updated. I guess it has been over a week though, which feels like both a ton and very little time ( Read more... )

I left Osaka yesterday. My good-byes with my host family were normal, like it didn't hit any of us that I'm not coming uhhh home. I guess it's even a little awkward to call it home, but still. I keep feeling like after this Tokyo trip, I'll hop back on the Shinkansen for Kansai, not on a plane for America ( Read more... )

Life has felt fuzzy since the finsihing ceremony at Gaidai on Saturday. I said a lot more good-byes than I expected, in the sense that a lot of people have entered my life these past few months. In the middle of all that, I met another of the students going to Denver in the fall this year ( Read more... )

No stress, trying not to be stressed and it's working. It's surprising how much my mood brightens after being able to speak Japanese just a little bit though.

good things:

My host family loves me like a daughter.
This was made so clear the other night when they talked me through my stress about the future over pear liquor. I adore them and ( Read more... )

I can't believe that picking classes for next quarter has got me so freaked out about the future! Also, trying to make a schedule in case of a possible commute ( Read more... )

First off, I am hungover and gross today. And since it's thanks to running around Nanba yesterday afternoon, and then riding the train forever to get down to Sanjou to help show Heeral's friends why yakitori and dai-biiru are both beautiful things, I'm fine with that ( Read more... )

These past few days have felt like Silver Week instead of Golden Week, ha ha. Mostly because Yuu and Takeshi came back from Tokyo, the rain took a vacation too and it's finally warm, I've been lazy at home with my host family rather than going out a lot, and my Japanese.. Feels a little rubbish, ha ha ( Read more... )