So, I know it's really far to come to Izumo, Japan. You know, it's about 7000 miles away and takes about 30 hours to get from Georgia to Izumo. So it's far, and I understand that most people can't visit us. Hell, I wouldn't. That's a harsh trip. But what about an 8-10 hour trip up to Bloomington Indiana? ^_^

That was supposed to be my clever way to say that Chris got into the Indiana University Japanese Language Pedagogy graduate program! Hooray! That's so awesome! We were about 98% sure that he would get into the program, no problem. But we were trying to hold to the age old adage of "don't count your chickens before they hatch", so we were trying to not just assume that we were Indiana-bound. But it was getting harder and harder.

On Wednesday morning, I was up and about early, because I had to run to the Board of Education to get some more papers for my tax reimbursement. I was about to leave when the phone rang. I figured it was Mihara-san asking me if I was coming today because I was running a little late. Turns out, it was the head of the Japanese Language Pedagogy course at Indiana. She was rather surprised to hear me answer the phone. You see, there is no place to mention on applications, that you are married. Heh. She asked for Chris and I mentioned that he was at work so she said she would call back. Which she totally did around 8:00 that evening and surprised the crap out of Chris with a interview in Japanese. Not that he didn't handle himself wonderfully, because he gets Japanese phone calls a lot. But still surprised! I wasn't actually there. I had class at the English school.

Anyways, we figured that was an excellent sign. So we both were bouncing off the walls. When Chris applied, it said that they would send out the letters on March 1st and, Chris also got an email asking if he wanted to be emailed with his decision letter instead of having to wait for it to be sent all the way to Japan. So we knew, March 1st was the day we would finally find out.

But March 1st was yesterday for us! Gah! Remember, we are pretty much a day a head of everyone else. So, yeah, definitely bouncing off the walls. But! This morning, Chris got up and checked his email and he got his letter that he had been accepted! Hooray! How wonderfully exciting!

Now I can start looking for apartments for real! I have already found one that I really like and a few others that I have marked down. I know it's still super early, but I figure it can't hurt to be prepared. You see, there is a lot to do before Chris is able to start college. And as weird as this might be, I'm not too bothered by the move from Japan back to America.

You see, while there is a lot to do here, I have 5 months to do it in. All I really have to do is clean the apartment really well (and since I seem to be doing this in stages, it's not really that big of a deal), send probably 2-3 more boxes back to America, and stuff like that. It's really not that much at all, I guess. All the furniture stays here. All I have to get home is Chris and I, knick-knacks, clothes, dvds, books, cds, and games. Really. It sounds like a lot, but we are sending a huge box of clothes home probably at the end of April. And a couple of boxes here and there. Then we just pack the rest up (sell some stuff, throw away other stuff, give away the rest) and come home. Not so rough.

No, the rough part comes from the time we get home until we move to Indiana. We will have 3-4 weeks to get back and rested from the trip and living abroad, go through our stuff and see what we want with us in Indy, find out what kind of furniture we can borrow/rent/buy from people, and figure out how to get it all the way up to Indiana. Eek! So much! This is why I am insanely searching for apartments now. So we can have a place to go when we get to Indiana and hopefully we can just move in one or two days. Or something. I don't really know how it works. Still a long time from now, so maybe it's a little too early too really worry. But these are the things I think about now. I'm sure everything will work out smoothly.

Something I can do now, is make my resume. Susie is going to need to get a real job! Oooo. I think it shouldn't be too hard to find a job as a receptionist or a secretary with my background (hooray for that afterschool job working for Mr. Griffin!). I just need to figure out how to format the resume. Any advice would be much apreciated!! Man, it will be so nice to have a real job. A 9-5 job that I don't have to do things about when I go home for the evening. Because honestly, I don't like teaching at all. It's not my bag. I want a job where I can type and answer phones and that kinda stuff. This helping children grow and become wonderful human beings is much too much pressure right now. I'm sure I will be fine with my own kids in 8 years or so (when we have them), but I don't enjoy the pressure of teaching other people's kids. It's hard and annoying. *whine whine whine*

Ok. So enough rambling! Unfortunately, for some reason, I have NO ONE to talk to right now. Everyone is busy, or at work, or asleep, or whatever. SO I have all these thoughts and emotions but no one to bug them with. So much rambling!

Sorry this is a half interesting, half boring entry. Anyways. Everyone should give Chris a big hearty congratulations! It's awesome that he got into his first choice. How fun!