Back already from the Okinawa adventure. I'm at work. We got in this morning to Kagawa and went our separate ways in Takamatsu. I managed to check my emails and do a load of laundry this morning before work. I'll have to sort through the mess of baggage that I brought home with me. Of course, that will be after 3 classes (more if I decide to help with Sports Day stuff) and speech contest practice. I've got to check on what elementaries I have coming up so I know if I have any planning to do. I've got to figure out who gets what omiyage (souvenirs) because at the end I remembered lots of people, but it was too late to run back and get stuff in the airport stores. Luckily I think I got enough small stuff to last for lots of people and can rearrange other things that I got for me. And I remembered all the big gifts for people I had wanted to get. So no worries.
It's already back into the old routine. (Get to school barely on time, remind the teachers I have class with them, find out what we're doing while we walk to class, etc.) It feels as if I haven't even been gone. But during the trip it felt like time was stopped. In a good way of course. It was one of those trips where our days were just so long and filled that we thought two had passed in one.
Anyway, I'll update again with pictures when I get a chance to breathe.
Whew!
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September 17, 2008
July 25, 2007
PHEW!!!!! Crisis averted
Well I get to go after all. I got a message this morning that said that I'm all clear to go. I was so happy I ran around the house a bit before I calmed down and got back to preparing.
There's a lot to do. I looked at my list and realized I hadn't completed anything on it. And this is my majorly important to do list. So I called my financial institution today and got a lot of money matters worked out.
I didn't do much else today though, preparation-wise. I went to White Water with 3 friends and we just relaxed and enjoyed ourselves. It's kind of interesting. 2 of them are actually about to embark on a big move as well. Moving to London for a not quite determined number of years. John is going to Cambridge for some post-doc work while his significant other Matt has found a job in London. They are actually moving within the next couple of weeks. So lots of goodbyes.
Anyway, needless to say. I am much relieved to know definitively that I am indeed going and get back to the normal level of stress associated with moving a few thousand miles across a continent and an ocean.
Oh and with Japanese tradition when you move and meet people in a new place, you are supposed to give a gift, called omiyage. A lot of people suggest for us JETs to bring things that represent our culture a bit. And they say edible is most desirable. Email me or comment me with any ideas about things I might that would be somewhat small, would travel well, and would represent Georgia or southern culture. Yeah, I know, it's last minute, but that's me.
There's a lot to do. I looked at my list and realized I hadn't completed anything on it. And this is my majorly important to do list. So I called my financial institution today and got a lot of money matters worked out.
I didn't do much else today though, preparation-wise. I went to White Water with 3 friends and we just relaxed and enjoyed ourselves. It's kind of interesting. 2 of them are actually about to embark on a big move as well. Moving to London for a not quite determined number of years. John is going to Cambridge for some post-doc work while his significant other Matt has found a job in London. They are actually moving within the next couple of weeks. So lots of goodbyes.
Anyway, needless to say. I am much relieved to know definitively that I am indeed going and get back to the normal level of stress associated with moving a few thousand miles across a continent and an ocean.
Oh and with Japanese tradition when you move and meet people in a new place, you are supposed to give a gift, called omiyage. A lot of people suggest for us JETs to bring things that represent our culture a bit. And they say edible is most desirable. Email me or comment me with any ideas about things I might that would be somewhat small, would travel well, and would represent Georgia or southern culture. Yeah, I know, it's last minute, but that's me.
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