3 days 1 hour 35 minutes and 17 seconds to go… wow.  Now that it’s so close the reality of Japan is finally sinking in – and it’s hard to be excited about it.  Not that the reality is a bad thing! But the reality is just that: a reality.  At the end of the day, it isn’t going to be this fairy tale dreamo thing, it’s still going to be life, in a place completely different. Sounds awesome!  Buuut it’s going to be a new reality.  A new life.  And it starts in an airport, with no phone, hand drawn directions based off someone’s memory and about 23,000 yen in my pocket.  And I am meant to build my new life using these tools (or lack of).  Sounds like fun!

There are a lot of emotions coming up this week, good and bad.  Well… no not bad at all, only good.  I mean, i’m gonna miss people, but i don’t think that’s a BAD or negative emotion – it’s natural.  And i’m not sure where i’m trying to go with all this, but what I want to say is: no, i’m not excited, but i don’t think i could be, or should be.  I’m in a very good place, i’m at peace and happy i’m going to Japan, even a little scared now.  I feel i’m ready to leave Australia – but i still want every second of my remaining days to count.  I’m gonna miss this place.  Gonna miss the people and the random shit i get up to.  But like i said, come Saturday – it’s a new life, new people, and new EVEN MORE random shit.  It’s gonna be great, it’s gonna be hard, there’s gonna be high’s and low’s, and I want them all to hit me head on.