There Is Definitely A Correlation Between How Tired I Am And How Well I Can Write

6/24 monday:
What did I even do this day? No recollection haha. Okay I just remembered. After class I went to Shinjuku to try and find a new bathing suit (since I have had the one I have for a while now) but couldn't find a good one. Did find some cool Star Wars shirts though. But I really need to stop shopping. My luggage is going to be so bad...I'm getting rid of so much clothes...agghhh.
After that ate dinner with my host family and then went jogging. Jogged for 30 minutes straight, my longest time yet! I must be crazy though since I was exhausted and had hiked a mountain the day before.

tuesday:
After class went to Niji's Japan Study event where we played Japanese children's games! It was a lot of fun, but I was exhausted. I'm still exhausted. I'm always exhausted. I have forgotten what it feels like not to be exhausted. Was there ever a time when I was healthy and energetic??!

After JS ate curry with some friends! So good but ate way too much! I could barely move haha.

I ate it all...

wednesday:
Wednesday was a crazy day. Seriously. No wonder I'm tired all the time, I have plans like every day. And Wednesday I had three plans in one night! So first I went to the GLCA dinner. Didn't stay for the whole time, but stayed long enough to get the information on all the things I need to do before I leave the country. As if I wasn't already busy enough haha.
Next I went to a friend's apartment where they were having a small drinking party. I only stayed for about an hour (and didn't get to drink or eat tacos since they weren't ready yet) but I wanted to stop by and see everyone and say hi.
From there I went to my friend's house where we had a Star Wars marathon!!! So I mentioned how I bought those Star Wars shirts right? Well I posted on Twitter that I wanted to watch Star Wars, and from there plans ended up being made to marathon all the Star Wars movies in one night. We started with 4 (from about 8:30pm) and went from there. I was awake for most of 5, but for 6, 1, and 2 I slept for the most part. We never made it to 3 haha. My friends were awake for most of the movies, but I was just too tired to stay awake. Whenever I did wake up though, they would joke with me and tell me that they had already watched the movies like 4 times, or that I had slept for a week and it was next week Thursday. To say the least we had a lot of fun. Woke up at about 8am in the morning. Some of my friends had class, but thankfully I have no class on Thursdays. My friend's mom made up breakfast which was delicious. Even though I was exhausted (and had caught a half cold by then) I'm really glad I spent the night, especially since I was considering going home. Another great memory to add to the collection.

So much fun!~

thursday:
Although I wanted to just sleep Thursday, I was semi-productive and went shopping (even though I shouldn't buy more things but my shoes broke and I needed a new backpack) and then went to this middle school to talk to a teacher about how to start working at a school in Tokyo. So like my host dad has been really adamant about my job hunting in Tokyo which I appreciate, but I still don't know what I want to do for work, or even if I will come back tot Tokyo as much as I want to. So going to that meeting and all just felt like a lot of pressure. I dunno, I just wish I had a stronger idea about what I want to do after I graduate...
After the meeting met two friends to get kaitenzushi for dinner. After that we got cake too which was delicious (once again ate way too much). Was a lot of fun, but as usually I was exhausted so I felt like I couldn't make much conversation. Also I continue to realize how many good friends I have here and how many people I wish I had more time to get closer to...


friday:
Going to Friday classes was hard, but I managed to survive! I think this was the only week in June were I didn't end up skipping a class...if you all onnly knew how pointless most of these classes are...most of the time if you go or don't go, nothing will change...but moving on, after properly going to all of my classes I met a friend to go yukata shopping! A yukata is basically the summer version of a kimono. Since there is a boat drinking party next weekend, where most people will be wearing a yukata, I wanted to buy one too. Choosing one was really hard though. A lot of them were too expensive and a lot of them had similar designs. There wasn't one that I feel in love with instantly, but I ended up liking one quite a lot (or I hope so at least) so I ended up buying one! I look forward to wearing it a few times before I go home!

After that I went home to meet my host family to go to my host brother's friend's house who lives in the same neighborhood as us. This family was super rich. The dad was Swedish and the mom Japanese, so it was interesting to hear a mix of Swedish, Japanese, and English from the throughout the night. They were also really interested people. And they have a huge three story house, we had a bbq on the roof. Their two kids were adorable too. But we ended up staying there pretty late, and I had to get up early the next morning to go on Niji's farewell, so I was pretty tired.


saturday:
Got up early for the farewell trip. Was pretty dead, but got to sleep on the bus before arriving to Fuji-Q, the theme park my group was going to. Fuji-Q was amazing. We only had time to ride three rides/the tickets we bought only allowed us to ride three rides, but even so, so much fun.  The first ride we went on was called Fujiyama. It was a typical fun roller-coaster. The next ride was a water ride, and some of us decided not to spend money on buying a rain coat thing? since we thought it would be a waste of money/more fun to get wet. The ride was a lot of fun, but we got pretty soaked haha. Finally we rode a coaster called Takabisha. It was my favorite ride of the day. Waiting in line for it was a lot of fun, playing games/talking with friends, and the actual ride was great. There was one point where we went straight up at a 90 degree angle, stopped, and then dropped into twists and turns. So great. After that I was pretty dead, bur the day was far from over.





After arriving at the inn I practiced for the dance and acting skit I was in (there are usually performances before the drinking party on trips like this). Practicing was a lot of fun. Everyone was pretty busy so we practiced the dance for the first time as a group that day. The same was for the acting skit I was in (we did a variation on a popular drama called Hana Yori Dango).
After practicing we did some fireworks, and then practiced again until the drinking party started. Being in the acting skit and the dance (Pys's Gentleman) was a lot of fun! I'm really glad I got to be a part of that. After that was the drinking party where I drank too much and went to bed semi-early since I was so tired.





sunday:
the next day we all had breakfast and then got free gifts before going home!
I just wanted to sleep the whole day once I did get home, but after napping for an hour I had to get up to film a movie for the English Study event I am partially in charge of (titled how to date a foreign exchange student). Filming was a lot more fun than I thought it would be! We filmed for about three hours, but the whole time was a lot of fun and the hours went by really fast. The event is on Thursday, and I really am looking forward to it! The video is going to be hilarious.



monday:
Monday I wanted to sleep in, but I have been breaking out on my face for a while now so I went to an English speaking dermatologist before class. I got some medicine, so hopefully it will get better! Also, I love the Japanese health care system. The consultation and medicine all together cost about $20. And when you get medicine in Japan they give you a picture of the medicine you are getting with information about it. Very convenient, especially when you have multiple medicines!
After class did more filming (we finally finished filming but still have a lot to do!) and then I went to a friend's apartment where most of the people who traveled together to Cebu and Seoul met up and had dinner! Once again a lot of fun but dying! haha



tuesday:
Got a lot of sleep last night but still dying. Had to go to a return home orientation tonight. Don't even want to think about going home...30 days left...