So today I woke up at around 6:30am; sounds early, right? Well, if you have five sheets of Japanese homework to do, a Japanese dialogue to memorize, and a grammar quiz to study for, and a shower to take before 8:50am, that's called oversleeping:) I prayed that God would help me get my work done, and after settling down here in my room a minute ago, I realized that I got it all done in time (thank you God!). So now, I'm listening to "Sunday Morning" by Maroon Five, and gazing out at the beautiful, nearly clear sky. I got my Japanese test back from Friday, and I got an 86% -- 8% better than the last test:) I'm finally starting to gain a better grasp of writing coherent Japanese sentences. Even my quizzes are all 100% (except for the kanji quizzes, which I keep failing), so it's becoming more apparent what areas I'm growing in and which I need to improve. 

My teacher is going to America for two weeks, and he said that he'll bring me some macaroni and cheese back! Boy, do I miss good food...not to say sushi isn't good, it's just that HOT food tastes better (j/k).  I have to figure out something with my financial situation because finacial aid took away a lot of my aid, so now I don't have any money.  I plan to take out a loan with UMich next week, but that's a whole week without money, living off the food I have, which isn't that much.  I know something will work out, though, because I didn't get here with all the financial difficulties I had on the way, just to not have any money during my stay.  I'm going to pick up my alien registration card today, so I can finally open a bank account here in Japan.  My hope is that I can open a savings account and put my extra loan money there to use when I need it. 

Well, I need to go study, so that's it for today.  Oh yeah, the Japanese word for the day is: takai, which means expensive (ex. Sore-wa totemo takai desu-ne in English means That is very expensive).

Until next time,

Jaamata-ne