do do doo do… do do dodo doo… dodo doo do do… dodo do do doo do doo…

10 days left!  Things are slowly starting to sink in and a mix of excitement and deepening sadness are starting to kick in – which is good! Because for a second there i didn’t think I was human.  I went to Brent’s (looong time friend and drummer in both bands im in) 21st birthday party on the weekend.  There I got extremely drunk as I do, but in the morning everyone was awake and chatting away as they do… But then I left to go home… as you do… And like… I said bye to these people, the people i grew up around and they brought to my attention that I wouldn’t actually see them again till I return from Japan.

Now that’s what hit it home.  Because I stood there and was like “oh… yeah that’s right hey.. well… bye”.  lol I didn’t know what to say, clearly “bye” was not enough but I was so not prepared to say “see you in 9 months” to anyone yet.  They even actually surprised me with a going away cake! It was white with the big red dot in the middle: Japanese flag.

Sooo awesome.  But yeah, very awkward moment.

The other thing that’s really driving this exchange home is that i’d tell people “Oh yeah, going to japan next week” …. … … Odd.  Very odd.  There’s still some stuff I have to take care of too! I didn’t end up getting more travel insurance – woops, and yeah still some stuff I have to buy. poop… wonder when i’ll get around to that.

I head off to melbourne this Friday to visit my dad for the last time before Japan.  Can’t wait! I love hanging out with dad, walking along the beach to the beachfront cafe thingo – buying $15 bacon and egg sandwhiches… It’s awesome.

And the last thing is that I can really see Amy isn’t really as happy as she could be, she’s disguising it well but i can tell.  It’s pretty hard to see her like this because I can see her trying so hard to just forget about japan for the moment and enjoy the little time we have left together.  I’m doing the same too but it will definitely be harder for her than it will be for me.  Because, like… well i get to go to Japan, i’ll have my distractions.  She doesn’t get anything, she just loses me for 9 months and is given the time to remember it everyday.  But again I can’t thank her enough for the support.  She really does want me to experience an exchange – like she had last year in Belgium.  But she really is toughing this one out…

Love you babe, you’re the bomb!

Ciao for Now!