Last Post before Japan

This is officially my last boring irrelevant post! In about two hours, my parents will be here to pick me up and to take me to a hotel at the Pittsburgh airport. 10:30 tomorrow morning, I will be IN TRANSIT to Japan!! (Like a package? I don't know where I was going with that.)

I am going to miss my boyfriend so much, but I know I'm going to have so much fun. Going to Japan is my dream.

Packing was a nightmare... I have this one big duffel bag that I've completely filled with clothes. I ran out of room for some books I really needed to bring (grammar book, kanji dictionary, books for the plane), so I had to go through the bag and decide which clothes to bring and which to put aside. It was such a hard decision! (amg drama queen?) I'm ridiculously attached to some things sometimes.

Even after I emptied the bag of a couple things not to bring... it's still way too heavy. Hopefully I can still check it, and hopefully I can still carry it around. We'll see what happens =)

That's all for now, then. I had a great evening with my boyfriend consisting of a newly-bought Tangled (best movie ever) and some delivered pizza. And now I'm going to spend the rest of the night watching TV until my parents arrive.

Goodbye, America! <3

2 Days

Packing, packing, packing...

Finished. Kinda. What I did was completely pack for Japan (including all my make-up & haircare products, which I'll unpack again later) and then pack up what was left of my room, seeing as how I need to "move out" in May. Getting my clothes together and rolled into the suitcases didn't take me too long. I opted for bringing more clothes rather than my notebooks and stuff. I can buy notebooks when I'm there. I have a pile of things I still need to bring against the wall, but there's very little chance they're going to fit. All I have left is my two carry-ons - a bookbag and a purse.

But Tim Gunn keeps telling me to make it work, and I can't let him down!

Packing my room is almost done too. Got all my crap into boxes. All that's left is the rest of my clothes. Shouldn't take me too long, but I am exhausted, so I'll do that tonight or tomorrow.

Tonight I'm trying to go out to eat with my boyfriend. I want to go to ihop =] But we'll see what happens. We're both a little low on cash. I also need to buy Tangled, because I loove that movie. Also going out to Walmart to get slippers & body wash. Gotta get that done. Later. So... tired....

To Do:
- Everything previously mentioned.
- Also: call bank about me leaving country.

Oh man. Leaving for the hotel tomorrow night, and then Japan Thursday morning. So exciting. ^_^

3 Days

Only three days left - until I depart, anyway. Four days until I'm actually there. SO EXCITED AMG.

I got Sean's camera, so that's a big check. Got some luggage for my clothes, which are all clean =] Don't have any souvenir gifts yet, but that's only a matter of time.

It's bittersweet here. Kobi is at my parents house, which makes the apartment sad and lonely. On the other hand, Sean is being extra sweet and attentive and awesome, as we only have a couple days left. I love that boy. I'm going to miss him a lot.

My hair is cut and dyed. Not purple like I originally wanted. It's dark brown with some dark blue highlights. Not sure what went wrong with the formula xD but it's super adorable so I'm not complaining.

Got some new clothes last weekend too - also super cute. And I got pants that actually fit me. Kinda. My butt's still too big. Hopefully I lose weight over in Japan. Oh, and I also got new glasses. <3 love them.

Parents are going CRAZY with worry. They really don't want me to go... But it's my decision. And I'm 98% certain I'm going to have the time of my life =]

3 days, y'all!

I need to start wearing make-up again,
so I'm not so stoned-looking.

Er, yea.

New layout. Are you surprised? Before I promised I wouldn't anymore! Sorry!! I honestly forgot how much fun it was for me to make these things. They take up so much time and everything is completely drowned out while I'm working on it. Time flies so quickly.

I know you won't believe me if I say this will be the last time for a while... But it probably will be =] Spring Break is in a couple days. I'll be terribly bored during it, so I might add something or two to the blog... Who knows. I plan on eating sushi, going shopping, and getting my hair done. Maybe I can stretch that out during the entire week!

After Spring Break, I'll finally be so close to going to Japan! I'm leaving Wednesday night to go to a hotel in Pittsburgh with my parents, and then the airport Thursday morning. I am going to miss Sean so much. I'm probably going to cry all day Wednesday. It's going to be horrible...

Hm. I'm going to end this post by plugging my friend Chelsea! She's going to Japan with me, if I hadn't mentioned that before =D A fellow American on this trip to unknown lands! She'll be my savior xD. Anyway, I made her a layout today too, which inspired me to make this new one. I liked hers so much better! My old one didn't read very well - way too cluttered to be bloggy. But... it is fixed now.

And I am happy. And it will stay this way. =] ~ Ttyl!

Residence Hall

Woke up this morning to find more earthquakes in Japan. They also seem to be getting closer to Nagoya... But, they are getting smaller and smaller. My parents are a little bit more than freaked out by the entire scenerio, but I'm confident it'll be okay in the days to come. I still have two weeks until I leave!

The good news is I also woke up to find information on my residence hall at Kinjo! And let me tell you, it looks so cute. I am pretty happy with it. =]

Isn't it adorable?!

I am on the third floor, which looks like the top floor?, which is both good and bad. 1) Penthouse FTW! 2) No elevator. Eh, it'll be okay. I wouldn't take an elevator to go three floors anyway, but I'm kind of freaking out about my luggage... I'm an extremely weak individual xD

Each room has it's own kitchenette, washing machine, and bathroom. Awesome!? I was scared I'd have to revert to living in a dorm-like room again. With - none of the above. Oh, also a veranda, which I know is typical of all/most Japanese rooms, but I'm ecstatic. I'm going to have to dry my own clothes!

The rooms also come with dishware, so I won't have to worry about that. "Each room is self-catered, equipped with desk, chair, bed, kitchen, washing machine, refrigerator, microwave oven, air conditioning, closet, shoe cupboard, cooking utensil and dishware, prefabricated bath (PB), veranda and internet support (optional)." And a rice cooker.

I love how Japan is so Japanese. Can't wait!

Sorry! ><;

No more new layouts! I promise!... maybe. I just.. didn't think the other layout was decent enough to be a blogging layout. Not very easy to read, I mean. =] But this one should be good. It should be the end of my layout-making spree. ... maybe.

Can you tell I really like butterflies? ^^;

So, today to get ready for traveling to Japan, I am going to be getting my notebook ready! I'm going to organize which Japanese notes I should take, and which ones I could do without. I'm running out of room like crazy in my binder, so I think organization is a great idea at this point. Especially considering I need to find a place to pack said notebook.

I also plan on figuring out Sean's digital camera. He's letting me borrow it cause mine is unnecessarily large. And old. I plan on taking lots of pictures with it!

New Layout Again Lol!

Oh my gosh. I have been sooo bored the past couple days... I've decided to waste time delving into my old passion: web design. So, I made my blog this new layout. It's pretty cute I guess. I'm probably going to make a new one - yet again - sometime later. But hopefully this one will stick.

Again, if anyone wants their own little layout, I'd be happy to whip something up. Only 3 more weeks until my schedule is full =] so get on those requests!

I should really be studying Japanese before I leave... I have forgotten... everything. It's kind of depressing. But I've been so lethargic and bleh lately. Big consequence of not doing anything all day. Guh, you should see how much weight I've gained...

But all this has nothing much to do with Japan, so I'll leave it at that ^^ Talk to everyone later!