T-4

Alright, now that I'm on track with counting down the days, today is T-4!! I'm just getting all my clothes and other things ready to go. I haven't actually packed my suitcases yet...just prepping the things that will go inside. At first, it was a daunting and never-ending task that I just couldn't overcome. But last night I sat down for about 2-3 hours and sorted out the clothes that I want to bring over and folded everything. Now that I look at it, it doesn't seem so bad and I think that I just thought I had a tooon more than I thought.

I say this now, but when I actually start packing I'm sure I'll begin to get tight on space and have a hard time again, haha. But that's the nature of packing for at least 1 year! Right now I'm ripping a bunch of old CDs I found to my computer so that I can have random music to listen to that I hadn't already put in mp3 format.

Before I leave, I also want to exchange some currency. My parents had some Yen leftover from all their excursions back and forth and were gracious enough to give me an excellent rate on some Yen!! But I'll have to make a trip to the bank as well to exchange some more....and the rates nowadays are NOT looking so good. When I first looked back in late May/June, the rate was not great, but much better than it is now. It was 1USD = 93 Yen. Since then, I've been keeping track of it and it's down to 1USD = 86-87 Yen...and has been hovering at around that...:(

Well, what can you do...that's the nature of the economy and how things go I guess. So I'm just going to have to take my losses on this one for now. Hopefully when I eventually come back to the US, these rates will be like this and I can get the most USD for my Yen!!! Haha, we'll see.

Well, it looks like for tonight I'll continue packing and see how my luggage situation pans out!