After many upsetting days...
Wow...I think I just made a bit of progress in accepting the fact that I will be leaving Japan in April. I have somewhat of an outline in my head of what I want/need to do, school and work-wise, when I get back to Texas.
My goal will be to work towards graduating college so I can work towards getting back to Japan. What college? I'm not sure yet, most likely Houston Community College (HCC). I'm sorta screwed with having gone to school in Florida and then moving to Texas so I'll have to pay out-of-state tuition. Due to that, what I'm thinking is that once I get over there in April, I'll immediately look for a job, a call center job preferably, and work that full time, making payments on my loans and saving money until school starts in August. When school starts, I'll ask to set my work hours and go to school at least half time so I don't start getting charged interest on all of my loans I took out for Japan yet and I'm still at least slowly working towards getting my classes done. Depending on how expensive out-of-state tuition is and how stressful my job is, I'll try my hardest to go full time but my goal is at least half time at school.
I'll do that for a year and the next year, I'll work towards transferring to an actual university, which one I'm not sure yet but after that year, I'll be able to pay in-state tuition so I'll go to class full time no matter what and try to balance a job too. I'll be working towards getting a teachers certification and maybe a minor in Japanese. I have to see what colleges around there can offer me. I had everything planned for going to school in Florida so I'm having to start my plans over since my life will be in Houston for the next few years.
Once I finish school, I'll work towards coming to Japan. I really want to be here. Having come here on study abroad for this long has shown me that while some days I want to cuss out the pushers on the trains and that I get stared at for being a foreigner every so often, I do like the lifestyle here. So everything will be for me to come back here in the long run. I'm not sure how many years it'll take but its a goal I'll be working towards. I'm sure there will be rough patches where I'll cry my eyes out and/or want to kill someone but...I've made it here once before ne
aeryn_aerie, you must be proud ne =P
My goal will be to work towards graduating college so I can work towards getting back to Japan. What college? I'm not sure yet, most likely Houston Community College (HCC). I'm sorta screwed with having gone to school in Florida and then moving to Texas so I'll have to pay out-of-state tuition. Due to that, what I'm thinking is that once I get over there in April, I'll immediately look for a job, a call center job preferably, and work that full time, making payments on my loans and saving money until school starts in August. When school starts, I'll ask to set my work hours and go to school at least half time so I don't start getting charged interest on all of my loans I took out for Japan yet and I'm still at least slowly working towards getting my classes done. Depending on how expensive out-of-state tuition is and how stressful my job is, I'll try my hardest to go full time but my goal is at least half time at school.
I'll do that for a year and the next year, I'll work towards transferring to an actual university, which one I'm not sure yet but after that year, I'll be able to pay in-state tuition so I'll go to class full time no matter what and try to balance a job too. I'll be working towards getting a teachers certification and maybe a minor in Japanese. I have to see what colleges around there can offer me. I had everything planned for going to school in Florida so I'm having to start my plans over since my life will be in Houston for the next few years.
Once I finish school, I'll work towards coming to Japan. I really want to be here. Having come here on study abroad for this long has shown me that while some days I want to cuss out the pushers on the trains and that I get stared at for being a foreigner every so often, I do like the lifestyle here. So everything will be for me to come back here in the long run. I'm not sure how many years it'll take but its a goal I'll be working towards. I'm sure there will be rough patches where I'll cry my eyes out and/or want to kill someone but...I've made it here once before ne
aeryn_aerie, you must be proud ne =P