June 29. 2004 00:19

Taking care of little things

My Certificate for Visa Eligibility arrived today, and the courier scared the hell out of me when she rang the bell at 7:35 in the morning. I've been so busy the last few weeks that I haven't had any time to think about the Japan trip. Right now, it hasn't really sunk into my head that I'm going to leave in two months and then I'll be there for a half a year. I wonder what it'll be like...

Actually, I'm very happy that I'll be leaving, and it's not just because of the "getting to Japan" part. Lately my life's been somehow off and I haven't been enjoying myself. I'm not sure how long this's been going on, but it's bothering me. Maybe it's because I have no free time, or maybe because I never get to be alone. (I love being alone.) Or maybe I'm eating wrong or I don't exercise enough. Anyway, whatever it is, I hope a change of atmosphere will work it out. I'm really worn out... Lately, I've been escaping to the world of shoujo manga, where everybody understands and comforts everybody :P (It's a shame real people are so rough.)

Hmm... I'm supposed to get my new glasses this week. That's one thing done. It's surprising how many little things there are to take care of when you think about it... Like spare glasses, for instance. If I had only one glasses and they broke, I'd be having one hellofa headache for the rest of the exchange period. I also have to get aspirin, because I have a lot of headaches anyway. Then there's all the other medication and band-aids and stuff, and the "womanly problems", and things like cutting your nails. My friend who was in England for a year says that if he ever goes back for a longer period of time, he'll only take the bare essentials with him, because he ended up buying almost everything there anyway. I don't know, I feel like taking that sort of small stuff with me feels important. If I'm going to need to cut my nails anyway, then why not bring the scissors with me? Then I don't have to buy them. But one thing I do know, I'm going to have way too much stuff to get home from there...

I still haven't got any word from our school conserning the scholarship. Damn these slow replies... I'm getting very nervous again. Maybe I should call them.