So, first attempt at a blog... be prepared for several "And then I found twenty dollars!" moments - but at least you can just skip through these ones :)
For those of you who don't know, I'm leaving for Hiroshima, Japan in six days! Yay! (And then you'll all be rid of me for two months :P) Chelsea and I will be spending two months on an exchange to Yasuda Girls' High School, hopefully improving our Japanese and learning all the ins and the outs of the quirks of Japanese culture! It'll be souper exciting!!
Dad leaves for Vegas tomorrow, while I'm sitting my music exam, and he gets back after I leave, so I won't be seeing him again until February 5th. Ah, but through the beauty of Skype, I will still be able to see his gorgeous/slightly scary face on those oh so important days - Christmas, New Years... that's about it.... :P
I guess everything's starting to hit home now, really... Everyone is leaving so soon!! I almost had a fit this morning when mum started to unpack my suitcase to get to my jeans, which she had decided needed a wash. Of course, they were at the other end of the bag, and at the bottom. I'm not sure if it was just a sneaky way of getting me out of bed, though... either way, it worked :)
Today, after my last shift at work for 2010 (!) we went shopping for the last minute items... a travel diary, a journal, a notebook, pens... I have a lot planned for the plane ride over ;) When I figure out how (sometime next year) I'll upload a photo of my journal. Not the inside, no one will EVER see that. But the outside. For those of you who appreciate REALLY CUTE books, be warned: you may have a coronary where you sit.
Speaking of which, last week I finally got around to transferring my savings for the trip out of my Bonus Bonds. I wasn't expecting the money out till about Wednesday... However, on my lunch break today, I rang phone banking (as you do) to see if I had enough money to buy a bottle of water. I thought I had about $3ish left over, but then I heard "The balance of your account is: one - " and right about here is when I thought: "Dammit! What did I spend it on?!" Then, of course, the really slow and annoying automated voice says " - thousand..." At that moment, I thought maybe I was going to have a heart attack right there beside the bulk bins. For the next week, someone, anyone, PLEASE keep me away from my EFTPOS card. Things could get messy...
Wow, so, that was fun! I might keep posting things before I leave, just for the heck of it, but the quality of the waffle will improve when I actually have something specific to waffle about... check back on Monday-ish next week, and hopefully there'll be something worth reading by then :P
Toodles for now :)
さようなら！Anna x
