excitement and doubt
Hajimemashte. Konichiwa mina-san. Watashi wa Misheru Kurika desu. Amerika no Menfuisu kara kimashita. Doozo yoroshiku onegai-shimasu.
I'm learning Japanese! It is so hard but so much fun at the same time. My language packet arrived on Thursday or Friday and I've been attacking it, only if I were attacking the GRE instead, i have to start at some point.
Saturday i met up with two friends from high school for a mini-breakfast. It was really nice. Emily is going to Australia next month and getting married next fall and Teresa and I are heading back across the pond. We celebrated the fact that the three of us have managed to achieve our 21st-22nd birthdays without getting pregnant or married with blueberry coffee cake. It was really nice. After breakfast Danielle and I did more job hunting placing applications at Toys R US, Old Navy, On the Border and Target. Well, i'm just waiting now.
Yesterday at church i was surprised by Mother Katherine Ryan. We stood up to bless the sacriments and she said "where is Michelle?" This woman has no idea who i am, so i'm thinking there's another Michelle in the congregation, nope she was calling for me. Long story short, everyone knew that I was going to Japan and the organization Daughters of the King made a shawl for me (Vixen/Holy Spirit red). Which was cool b/c i wasn't expecting anything but they wrote a prayer especially for me which made me ball. How is it that i made it through everything else without a tear but could barely hold my self together in front of the church. I was genuinely surprised and genuinely touched. And had to fight myself to remain composed throughout the rest of the church service.
While Mother Katherine Ryan was reading and i was crying I kept thinking 'i don't want to go anymore.' Is that really how i feel? Although i've been studying and doing research on Japan I haven't really had any additional feelings of doubt but that one moment keeps repeating in the back of my mind. Well, we'll see howe very thing goes.
I'm learning Japanese! It is so hard but so much fun at the same time. My language packet arrived on Thursday or Friday and I've been attacking it, only if I were attacking the GRE instead, i have to start at some point.
Saturday i met up with two friends from high school for a mini-breakfast. It was really nice. Emily is going to Australia next month and getting married next fall and Teresa and I are heading back across the pond. We celebrated the fact that the three of us have managed to achieve our 21st-22nd birthdays without getting pregnant or married with blueberry coffee cake. It was really nice. After breakfast Danielle and I did more job hunting placing applications at Toys R US, Old Navy, On the Border and Target. Well, i'm just waiting now.
Yesterday at church i was surprised by Mother Katherine Ryan. We stood up to bless the sacriments and she said "where is Michelle?" This woman has no idea who i am, so i'm thinking there's another Michelle in the congregation, nope she was calling for me. Long story short, everyone knew that I was going to Japan and the organization Daughters of the King made a shawl for me (Vixen/Holy Spirit red). Which was cool b/c i wasn't expecting anything but they wrote a prayer especially for me which made me ball. How is it that i made it through everything else without a tear but could barely hold my self together in front of the church. I was genuinely surprised and genuinely touched. And had to fight myself to remain composed throughout the rest of the church service.
While Mother Katherine Ryan was reading and i was crying I kept thinking 'i don't want to go anymore.' Is that really how i feel? Although i've been studying and doing research on Japan I haven't really had any additional feelings of doubt but that one moment keeps repeating in the back of my mind. Well, we'll see howe very thing goes.