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A Post That Won’t Be Up For Long

Look at these sweet pics! The inside pics are two different sides of the same living room. And check out that badass bike. Oh yeah. All of this is waiting for me in Japan.

Four weeks away!

And a Few Changes to The Site…

I recently updated wordpress, so for a tiny little bit of time, the site will be without a header image until I re-add it to the proper wp folder. I’m not 100% happy with the look of this site, so I might change it if I find the time. I might also add a photo gallery. Ok, make that probably will. Most likely. Any time now.
All changes soon, but still, in time.

My Birthday *June 20th*

I am so glad I was able to get all the paperwork done and out of the way in time for chilled relaxin’ for my birthday. Sadly, the income tax paperwork will probably be late, but nothing to lose my job over. As it stands now, I have a few more weeks of relaxing and sightseeing around Oklahoma before I need to start worrying about buying big gaijin shoes and packing all I own into two suitcases.

For my birthday, I got the A&E version of Pride and Prejudice *the best, by far*. Yay! Kiyomi, if you’re reading this, we can finally have our Pride and Prejudice marathon in Japan!

I believe that the posting time for this blog is already set to Japan time, so…yeah. My birthday was yesterday then. The 20th. Did I mention how old I was yet? That would be 26. A good year, I can already tell.

Goodnight for now. This old lady needs her sleep.

Correspondance From My Town

The package from my contracting town has finally arrived!

Add one more form that needs to be mailed off (another job acceptance letter) to my list of things to do.
I received a very thorough letter from my predecessor describing everything from the teachers I’ll be working with, to the nearest hair stylist (he speaks English and runs a bar upstairs). It has calmed a bit of my worries, for I now know what to expect, and where to go to when I have questions.

In a pamphlet of Minou area, where Yoshii and Ukiha are located, the header is, “Welcome to ‘Slow-Life Republic’ Minou”. I mean, come on! How can they not pull in tourists with such a snappy theme! Seriously though, you should see the map of the area (go ahead, it’s the image at the bottom). How cute is that! I especially like the playful little man-eating kappa in the river (I’m staying out of the water). Shame I can’t find my school on there…

As it is now just a wait for the end of next month, I am starting to get very excited about the move…and very worried about the shopping and packing that I’ll need to start thinking about in a few weeks. Once all the forms have been sent in, I’ll be able to slow down and stop worrying about the details until July.

As Promised…the House

I have a pic of the place, and honestly, it really does look big…almost too big for one person. Please take into consideration that I was expecting a much smaller place, because my last experience with housing in Japan involved a very tiny apaato *apartment* with a kitchen that only had counter space if you put a cover over the sink. It was tiiiny!