It's about two and a half weeks until I depart. I have to say, it hasn't really hit me yet. Sure, I haven't been sleeping properly and I think about Japan all the time, but the whole thing is still so unreal. Living in Japan has been my dream since I was 13 and now that it's FINALLY coming to pass, it's hard to believe that it's really happening. I've been working out a little to-do list to prepare for leaving. Along with clothes, personal supplies, and money ordering, there are the bigger things such as paperwork, firing emails to and fro, and getting an International Driver's License.
Oh yeah! Did I mention? I'm going to be driving in Japan. I'm sure there'll be tales of screaming ordeals, near-head-on almost-existent collisions and a fair bit of verbal road rage.
All in all, I'm mostly nervous about the weather and the food. The weather because unlike the dry hot/cold seasonal weather we have in Canada, where I'm going, there'll be hot/cold-ish-sorta rain-ridden humid weather. The food because I happen to be one of the pickiest adult eaters in the history of picky adult eaters. No sashimi for me, thanks! I'll stick to dead, cooked meat and a side of ramen.
Other than those two details, I'm excited about everything else. I might just turn nocturnal by the time I arrive in Tokyo for orientation.
How was the plane ride? We all miss you a lot already!
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