Visa and 28 Days!

I just got an e-mail from the exchange program, and my Certificate of Eligability is in the mail! Once it arrives, I can apply for a Student Visa!! *does happy dance*

28 days!!!! I'm getting very impatient. ^-^

Visa and 33 Days!

I got an e-mail last night from the program. I had e-mailed them about my visa documentation, because the program gets the certificate of eligability for me, which is what I need to get my visa. 33 days to go, and I don't have my visa stuff. It's kind of a concern for me, more than the clothes and stuff that I need while I'm there, 'cause without a visa, I can't get to Japan.

Anyway, I got an e-mail last night from the person who hooks me up with the Japanese partner of my exchange program, and it said

" Thank you for your email. Waiting for visa documentation to arrive is always a bit difficult for students and their families. In preparing for such a big excursion it can be very anxiety-provoking to think that one of the most important aspects of your trip, getting the visa, has not yet been taken care of. However, the paperwork has always arrived in time for students to apply and receive their visas before their departure. Unfortunately there's not a lot that I can do on my end so we'll just have to sit tight and be patient. I will of course inform you as soon as I have any new information regarding your certificate of eligibility.".

So I'll have to "sit tight". Wish me luck. I hate waiting, lol.

33 days!!!!

34 Days

I've got 34 days until I embark on the biggest journey I've ever taken. Let's see the weather in Sendai for this week!

Today:
0 degrees C, 32 degrees F
light snow showers
humidity: 65%

Thursday 2/21 (tomorrow):
5 degrees C/41 degrees F - high
-1 degrees C/30 degrees F - low
chance of rain
30% chance of precipitation

Friday 2/22:
9 degrees C/48 degrees F - high
2 degrees C/35 degrees F - low
clear

Saturday 2/23:
6 degrees C/42 degrees F - high
-5 degrees C/22 degrees F - low
rain
80% chance of precipitation

Sunday 2/24:
0 degrees C/32 degrees F - high
-5 degrees C/22 degrees F - low
chance of snow
40% chance of precipitation

Monday 2/25:
4 degrees C/39 degrees F - high
-4 degrees C/24 degrees F - low
chance of rain
30% chance of precipitation

It'll be a little warm for me there (for those who don't know me, there's no sarcasm at all in that sentence. I'm totally serious), but that's ok. *smiles* It doesn't get too hot in the summer, and that's my main concern, as I can't deal with heat. My main concern weather-wise is that I wanted to see snow (I LOVE snow, my friends think I'm crazy. ^-^) and that it's not too hot in the summer. Sendai's latitude is the same as Washington D.C.'s, so while it's not Hokkaido, it's still amazing, and I'm so lucky to be going to Sendai as opposed to a city on the southernmost island, Kyushu, which I would physically not be able to handle at all. :D

34 days!!!