Im alive, really.
I know I haven't updated in a long time, and Im sure all of you are just overjoyed to have your lives given meaning again.
Right.
I haven't been doing much these past few months, aside from working and getting ready for Japan. I finally have most of everything I need bought, and I got my yen the other day from the bank so I think Im good there. Now I just have to pack it all up and survive the flight + my training week. Joy. I dont know why Im not more stoked. I guess Ive just been working so long towards this Im just numb to it all. Ive had literally every person I know or have talked to for more than 5 minutes quiz me about why Im going to Japan, what Im going to do, how Im going to get married there (really, every stranger I meet and the trip comes up, they predict marriage). I am happy its here, just a little stressed about getting it all ready. I suppose the reality will hit soon. Probably when I get on the plane/land in Nagoya and people arent speaking English.
I have another source of stress. Im taking the GRE tomorrow. For those who dont know, its basically the test for getting into grad school here in the States (and in some schools in Europe). Im not sure if Im even going to grad school yet/what I want to do with my life, but alot of my plans involve grad school, so getting it out of the way now seemed like a good idea. According to people Ive talked to, its a royal pain in the ass to take it in Japan.
Now I just have to take it, and not suck.
Really Im not worried about the verbal section, or even the writing. Those things have always been natural to me, helped along by how much I read. The problem is the math. I really dont know how Ill do. Ive looked at and even taken some practice tests, and Im worried. I really have no mind for math, and having had a football coach for a math teacher probably didn't help. Go American education system. No child left behind my ass. I think itll be OK. Im not gonna blow it out of the water of course, but I fool myself into believing Im not a total idiot, so hopefully the test reflects that. *sigh* Wish me luck.
Right.
I haven't been doing much these past few months, aside from working and getting ready for Japan. I finally have most of everything I need bought, and I got my yen the other day from the bank so I think Im good there. Now I just have to pack it all up and survive the flight + my training week. Joy. I dont know why Im not more stoked. I guess Ive just been working so long towards this Im just numb to it all. Ive had literally every person I know or have talked to for more than 5 minutes quiz me about why Im going to Japan, what Im going to do, how Im going to get married there (really, every stranger I meet and the trip comes up, they predict marriage). I am happy its here, just a little stressed about getting it all ready. I suppose the reality will hit soon. Probably when I get on the plane/land in Nagoya and people arent speaking English.
I have another source of stress. Im taking the GRE tomorrow. For those who dont know, its basically the test for getting into grad school here in the States (and in some schools in Europe). Im not sure if Im even going to grad school yet/what I want to do with my life, but alot of my plans involve grad school, so getting it out of the way now seemed like a good idea. According to people Ive talked to, its a royal pain in the ass to take it in Japan.
Now I just have to take it, and not suck.
Really Im not worried about the verbal section, or even the writing. Those things have always been natural to me, helped along by how much I read. The problem is the math. I really dont know how Ill do. Ive looked at and even taken some practice tests, and Im worried. I really have no mind for math, and having had a football coach for a math teacher probably didn't help. Go American education system. No child left behind my ass. I think itll be OK. Im not gonna blow it out of the water of course, but I fool myself into believing Im not a total idiot, so hopefully the test reflects that. *sigh* Wish me luck.