Learning to Wu Wei the Hard Way

I didn't get The Nerves until today. The JET program sends out its notifications in "early April." So I hear from them any day now, and it makes me a little antsy.

It's only the trajectory of my life from here on out, right??

Did you know there are entire online communities for people applying to the JET program? How insane is that?

I miss Marion. She's not doing very well with how up in the air our lives are right now. Not sure I can do any thing for her. There's "yes" and "no" and then there's "wait," and we're stuck with that last one for the next little while. You have to let go a little bit and let things settle themselves in this sort of situation. I have enough people around me assuring me every step of the way that these things work out. I'm not sure Luxembourg is able to offer her the same daily assurances...

Anyway. Important dates: April 2/4 (internship report section due), April 18 (Undergraduate Research Conference), April 25 (final Honors Thesis draft due), April 25- May 2 (my finals), May 10 (graduation).

Oh, and exactly one year ago, I was on an airplane to Japan. I still miss Julia, Kiti, Ruba, Arina, Anne, Jimmy, Scott, Erlend, Mateusz, AJ, Abby, the Yamazaki-sans, Sada, Junko, Aya, Emily, and everyone else... I can think of like 5 more names but I'm tired of typing. Anyway, you get the point: I miss them. And their feet on Mt. Fuji.