Getting Ready

So! Major apologies to anyone reading this. I've never written a blog before (or really had any desire to write one) so I'm bound to make stupid mistakes.

Now that that's out of the way: I'm counting down the days til my departure from Philly. Only 8 more! My flight leaves Phila Intl Airport early on the 24th. After that, I'll be living in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It's a big switch- I'm going from being responsible for one family's children to teaching multiple elementary schools' worth. It still doesn't feel quite real. It's taken approximately a year to get to this point, and I still haven't quite wrapped my brain around the fact that I was hired and am nearly on my way.

I'm going to miss Philadelphia and the boys I've been taking care of very much- however, I know I'm going to be running around like crazy over there so hopefully I won't get crushingly homesick.