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I Love You Guys!

The day is tomorrow at 7:45 am. I have been waiting for this day for a very long time and I cannot believe that it is here. I have a long day of traveling ahead of me. I will not arrive at my destination until 2:20 am the next day! It will be 3:20 pm in Japan. My friend who is picking me up wants to take me to a sushi restaurant when I arrive if I am not too tired. I hope I'm not going to be too tired! We all know the real reason I went to Japan was for the food right? I'm a fatty at heart, it can't be helped...

I want to tell everyone that I love them and I will definitely miss you all!

Mom I will be sad that I will not be able to call you everyday ("Wud up yo?") Just make sure to write down all of your little "sayings" so that I can have a laugh at them! I will miss our silliness! And I know you are not too fond of my cat but I love her. So please remember to give her her pills!!!!!!! Please and thank you!

Daddy... I am NOT leaving you! This is NOT me running away or rebelling! I could be out doing worse things! I love you Daddy! I am still your little girl! Give my cat her pills! Please!

David and Lindsay, Sorry that I am not going to be around to help you pack (ha ha). I will miss Transformer Monopoly and kicking your butt a Mari Party. Tell my niecey puppy that i love her! love you guys! Stay safe in M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I!!

Michael and April, I'm sad that I didn't get to see you before you left but I know that I will get more time with you two and *Alysa* when I get home. Not that I am rushing anything but I am excited! I love you guys!

Joella and Kacy I will miss you guys so much!!!! I hope your last year goes well Kacy. Good luck!
Joella I will miss texting you all the time or sitting next to you while you text someone telling you how to spell everything. I always thought that was fun! I will surely miss our hang outs girls. Stay safe and I hope that things work out for spring break!

To the rest of my friends and family, thank you for your love and support!!!!! I will think about you often and wish that you were with me!

Another Day Gone

Today my friend Jessica left for Japan. She was kind enough to call me when she got to the airport at 5:50 A.M. Jessica, unlike me, will be going to school north of Tokyo. We will be about 280 miles away from each other... I will see her during her winter break, which is 3 months long!!!!! We are both excited about that! Even though I will miss her, I think that it would be a better learning experience for the both of us if we were not together all of the time.

*Sigh* Now I barely have 3 days left... My suitcases are about full and I'm starting to have to wear the same pants to days in a row to keep me from unpacking my stuff again. I'm a college student, it beats doing the laundry! Just febreze it and you would never know the difference.

Tomorrow I'm going to receive my 500 dollars worth of yen from the bank! I'm pretty excited about it!

My first blog...

Not too sure what to write about... I haven't left for Japan. But i leave in two weeks! August 29th at 7:45 am...
Sooo early! But hopefully everything will go smoothly and i will arrive in one piece! I'm going to miss every back here at home and will be sad that they will not personally get to experience everything with me.
I want to thank everyone that helped me get to where i am now. and i want you to know that i love all of you and will miss you a lot! Thank you for your love and support as i begin this one in a lifetime opportunity!
Please pray for me as i leave home and country for the first time with out my parents. 9 and a half months is a long time but i know that this is something that i want and need to do!
Again, Thank you all for supporting me! I couldn't have done it with out you!