New Beginnings

I honestly don't really know how to start this post. I wanted to come up with some clever title and open with something ominous to reel people in, but I'm just going to keep it pretty simple lol.

I'm moving.

Abroad.

To Japan.

I just found out 5 days ago that I'll be leaving in 2 months.

So....yeah.

That's the post.

Oh? You want some backstory? Some details? Lol.

I guess I'll go a little more into it after all haha. For anyone who read my previous post a few months back, You're aware that 4 years ago I applied to teach English in Japan. That I got accepted, then ultimately turned it down. Well, it's that again. I reapplied last November. Interviewed in March. Got accepted in May. And found out my placement 4 weeks ago. With this being the Covid era and all, I didn't know what the likelihood of me actually being able to depart before the end of the year would be. Many of the applicants who were supposed to have left last July just finally left this June. Japan's borders are still closed, so I was prepared to still be here, waiting to hear something, til the end of the year. But the email finally came. "We are happy to announce a departure date has been assigned". And now here I am trying to get my life organized and packed up for me to move clear across the world.

Excited? Yes. Stressed? I'm sure I will be as the date gets closer. Scared? Not so much, but I'm sure it'll hit me once I touch down in Tokyo.

I'll be living in Hiroshima Prefecture. I don't know what grade level I'll be assigned to, and I don't know where exactly I'll be living yet. So, I'm still awaiting the most important details. Other than that...that's all for now. I'm sure I'll document more as the ball gets rolling, so stay tuned.

Sorry that this post is pretty blunt and short. My head's just been a little all over the place lately.