In the midst of the freefall homeward.

Hey people,

Over the weekend, I registered for classes for my first term back home (thanks Mom for your help~!) and I cleaned my room, only to promptly destroy it by starting to pack. This is it, my last full week of school. Next week is about 4 days of classes.

This week I have a Year-End CSU Boat Party, which should be fun, and I have one of my close college friends and her younger brother flying in from SoCal. She and her brother are going to tour around Tokyo while I am finishing school, then the three of us are heading to the Kyoto area for a couple of days, after which we will return to Tokyo for a couple of days before heading home..in theory "together", but we will be on different flights in reality.

There is just so much to think about while coming home. I can't actually say I feel like I am "heading home", more like an extended vacation from Japan...with school and possible work afterwards.

Of course, with that manga competition dangling over my head, I not only eradicated all my planned summer SoCal activities, I even tailored my school schedule to provide enough time to work on the manga without compromising school itself. Such tailoring was done so with Skype sessions home and tears/frustration/signs of mental and physical exhaustion from my side...at least my family were in okay spirits during my tears~! XD  It definitely would have been more frustrating if my family were equally as exhausted and frustrated as me...just that thought makes me twitch!

Anyhoo, I look forward to seeing family, friends, my kiddies whom I teach at my home church, and...most importantly...my fuzzy kids at home (our family cats~!). One's poofy cheeks to scratch, the phantom cat who sought me out to cuddle before I left, and our spaz-tastic tux cat (yes, spaz-tastic, this cat is a goof-ball). Plus our friendly tortoise~!...You can see where my human companions rank in comparison to my pets. Actually, my ranking of whom I'm most excited to see at home:

1. My Pets
2. The Munchkins (kids) at church
3. Family and Friends
4. My immediate family (I skype them all the time~! XD)

Mom, Dad, Bro, Love ya, but I got priorities~! *GLEAMING HUGE INHERITED-CROOKED SMILE*

Joking and teasing aside, I really do miss everyone one at home...I just wished I could somehow have both my Japanese life and my American Life TT-TT. But, who knows what God has in stored for my future~!

Until then, Later peeps~!