I think I’ve said it before here, but I’ll say it again. I love Japan, but I’m done. I’m good and I’m ready to move back home to the states. My mom has cancer and just went through surgery on Monday. So, I’ve been calling my Dad and my sister religiously trying to get updates and see how everything is going. Things were a little rough for awhile, but now she seems to finally be getting a little better and hopefully she’ll be released from the hospital soon. It’s really painful to be stuck in Japan when I really want to be home. I hate being this far away. It’ll be nice when regardless of where we’re stationed, I can get home in a day and a few hundred dollars (as opposed to a couple thousand).
Yesterday I was at Shara’s house to meet some workers who came to fix her tub while she was at work. I was looking at a book on Japanese decorating and afterward I went and bought it at the NEX. I’ll spend the next couple of months collecting items that I’ll want to take back with me. I can fill the house with traditional Japanese items that will remind me of all the good times I’ve had over here. I’ll miss Japan and the people and I’m sure I’ll think back with longing, but I’m ready to go home.
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1 Rissa // Feb 22, 2008 at 11:56 pm
I’m so sorry to hear about your mom! Did you just find out or is this something you and the family already knew about? Either way I’ll be keeping you guys in my thoughts and prayers.
So any idea when you are shipped back to us in the states yet?
2 Kate // Feb 25, 2008 at 6:56 am
We found out about two weeks ago. And the surgery was scheduled pretty quick after that.
And we should be coming back sometime around November of 2008. But we still have no idea where we’ll go.
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