So, yes I have disappeared for quite a while.  Essentially, life happened.  Though that really doesn’t give many details, it kinda sums up things a bit.

I didn’t end up starting in October as I had planned.  The dentist was part of the problem as I had a tooth that required immediate attention and *coughs* immediate money.  However, thanks to some miracles and careful planning I am back on my path to Tokyo.  I leave on November 20, 2009.  While very happy about the idea of going, it certainly wasn’t an easy feat to get there.

Once I realized that I might not make the October start of the course, I was absolutely devastated.  I talked to my homestay mom and told her the news.  I waited for the worse for her to say I couldn’t come or anything like that.  Her response was completely opposite.  She was so supportive and was still eager for me to come even if it would be later.  (Thank you, Miki!!)  It’s then I knew that staying with her for a while was the best choice ever

So I determined more than ever to make it work.  The next battle was to see if the school would let me still come to the next course in January.  However, since my certificate of eligibility was for the October course, I was once again at a loss of words to how I was going to make this work.

I emailed the language school with the situation and was terrified at seeing the reply.  Basically, I knew that if I didn’t go now there would be a chance I could never get a pre-college student visa again. 

Well things worked out as I was notified by the school that my certificate of eligibility was good until end of November and that as long as I got my visa before then, I could come to Tokyo and enter in the January class.  Yay!!

That brings things to now.  I have my pre-college visa (which I hate how my picture came out by the way), and have shipped out clothes and such to Fedex (crosses fingers it goes through customs or else I am screwed and out of a lot of money).

Getting the pre-college visa was easy.  Driving to the place to get it not and it cost a lot too.

Fedex-ing the stuff seemed nearly impossible and scary not knowing if my stuff will arrive safely.

Leaving everyone is hard also.  But with the plane ticket bought, and all the money spent on tuition, housing, and such-well there’s no turning back.

I don’t regret this at all.  I think once I settle in and everything, then I will really enjoy  it.

Let’s just hope everything gets there in once piece.

Next time, I think I want to talk about the Chicago trip because it was quite an experience.