Changes and changes and good news!

My host family has changed YET AGAIN. Or, it's more like there was a misunderstanding, and first family I was told would be my host family is in fact my real host family, and the second one I was told was not, and the confusion has been cleared.

So...

In other news, I gave up on the blog title. I think I've changed it about 20 bajillion times now, so I'm just going to stick with Kyoto Madness. I live close to Kyoto, people know what Kyoto is, so on and so forth. It makes sense.

Secondly, I found out something REALLY awesome/cool/amazing. I've been chatting it up with a girl who lives in my Japanese district for a few months now under the impression that I would meet her at the airport and see her every now and then while in Japan. She's a really awesome person, and I was quite shocked to find out that this awesome person is actually my host sister. So now I'm ridiculously excited ^^ If you're wondering how I didn't know that before, well, it's a long complicated story that has to deal with the whole host family confusion. But yeah, now I feel much better now that I know I'm in contact with my host family ^^

Hmm... Well, it's nearing my departure date for Japan. About a month to go. Because it's summer break, I've been out and about exploring the world and not spending much time at home. The result of this is that I will only have about 2 weeks left at home before Japan. Before I leave my home for a year. Before I have to say bye to my mom and dad and brother and sisters and EVERYONE I know here for a WHOLE YEAR. Before I get on that plane (well, those 3 planes) that will take me to my new home in Japan... I think you get the point. It's been very much on my mind, and I'm still sort of in shock. Like, I suddenly wake up at 3 in the morning and stare at the ceiling for an hour just contemplating the fact.

Am I scared? Am I nervous? Am I excited? How exactly am I feeling right now? It's very hard to describe. I'm all of that. But there's a lot of other stuff, too, like wondering how my first day of school will be, or what presents should I get my host family. All in all, I am a bundle of emotions, and that's probably only going to get worse as my departure date nears. But I know this is all part of being an exchange student, and I most certainly am not the only one feeling this way, so I've been focusing mostly on making the most out of my time left in the US before I have to leave for the year.

I also got my flight itinerary! I leave on August 21st- so close ^^ Wow, I guess the next post I'll write will be pretty much right before I go to Japan, or maybe even in Japan... That's crazy O.o