It's monday night and guess what I've done to get ready to go? Like nothing. Seriously, this past week I bought clothes to wear in Japan and then I helped my parents get ready for their end of summer shindig. I should've started working on cleaning up the trash heap I call a bedroom and packing for Japan today but I didn't. I DID however manage to burn all those CDs for Luella from our Maine trip and took them to Meijer for her to pick up the next time she works. I also bought the last stuff I needed to go to Japan (I hope anyways): undergarments, socks, a couple of slipper socks (so warm!) and 2 packages of spacebags so I can cram everything into my suitcase.
We've also decided that I won't be taking my down comforter to Japan with me. This made me sad because that comforter is so very very warm in the winter I don't know how I'll live in frozen hokkaido with no central heat or insulation in the walls. ::sigh:: so instead I get to cram the other 3 blankets that are normally on my bed in the winter into the Japan box. They can be squished really good within a space bag which you can't do with the down comforter and they'll take up a lot less space. And I can always buy another blanket if I get too cold you know? Anyway tomorrow I need to start packing the actual box, that means washing all my blankets and packing them up and then putting all the other stuff that won't fit into my suitcase in there including winter clothes & coat. My new shoes haven't arrived yet, I'm worried that they won't get here before I leave and that'd suck because then I'd either have to have my parents mail them or I'd have to wait until christmas to get the stupid things.
No bank account with Lasalle because when we went down there the banker talked us out of it saying that I could use my atm card from FCFCU in Japan just as well as the one she'd issue and then she called them and talked to their manager just to make sure there weren't any restrictions on it. Tomorrow I've also got to call this fraud company that the credit union deals with and tell them I'm going to be using it in Japan for the next year so they won't block me from using it over there. Mandi says that I should get a credit card for emergencies and my parents agree so I guess I'll be getting one in the next couple of days although the actual card won't arrive until a week or so after I leave so it'll have to be forwarded to me. Oh! And I got my passport/visa back! It showed up last tuesday after we came back from up north (ok trip btw) it's just this dumb sticker that the put over one whole passport page, then they stapled my certificate of eligibility to the next page. I got a garish orange passport cover for about $3 and it can apparantly hold your boarding pass and stuff so I thought that was cool. Anyways more updates after I get some packing done tomorrow, I figured I would start with winter clothes/bedding and stuff. ;)
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