Talk about sad. When I was in Detroit Meghan came and stayed with me in the hotel so she could see me off. When she came in she gave me my gift which was a bunch of materials to keep me busy on my plane ride, like a coloring book, a crossword, and a wordfind. She also gave me some candies like Mike and Ikes. You see, Mike and Ikes are the movie theatre candy of choice for my little brother and I, and have been for many years as they are easy to hide in my mother's purse. Then she gave me a little tin that had a book of pictures of us. So naturally I cried like a little girl because I've been basically spending the last two weeks saying good bye to people and emotionally I was drained because I knew hers was going to be the hardest.



We got some wine and just watched a movie, which my parents will be getting the bill for right about now(i'll pay that back too). The next day I walked her to her car an hour before I had to check in because I didn't want to have to say good bye then get right on the plane. We sat there and cried for like fifteen minutes. I was telling one of my friends at Shakespeare's at one of my going away gatherings that when I got off the plane from my year in Hokkaido, I could have turned right around gotten back on that plane. There was nothing that put any doubt into my mind that I needed to come back to Japan for a couple of more years. That was the way I felt all year long, until two months ago when Meghan walked in to Waldo's to drive Emily home. I told Lisa that she is the only thing that ever made me second guess my decision. I know I made the right decision in coming back, but she was the only thing in a whole year that ever made me doubt even once.

The plane ride was ass long. As much as I like watching that movie about Antonio Banderas teaching inner city youth the value of dancing, I do feel as though their movie selection was lacking. I slept some on the plane but it was still a long flight. Northwest has nothing on JAL. My first flight to Japan was much cooler. When I got off of the plane, I was confused and tired. They herded us like cattle through the airport and eventually got us on the bus to the hotel. The hotel is quite nice as its a luxery hotel but my body is still really beat, so I'll talk about the orientation later.