SHIMANE and stuff...

first off, i'm really excited to announce that i know where i'll be teaching once i get to japan!  i'll be heading toward shimane prefecture.  a couple of random facts.  it has a beautiful coastline and is the second least populated area in japan.  either way, i'm super excited about it.


shimane actually wasn't in my choices of places to go, to be honest.  i've only heard of shimane before b/c i've been a long-time viewer of "myargonauts" on youtube.  he has an awesome series of JET vlogs and he was a JET in shimane for 5 years.  over the past year, i've written him several times, commented on his videos, written on his website, etc.  so i've come to know him personally just a little bit and now it's nice to hear that i'll be on his old stomping grounds ^_^.  i'm also excited b/c i hear the winters are somewhat mild and that i'm not going to be buried under 5 feet of snow when i wake up every morning.  of course, i still do want a new pair of uggs.  maybe i should be looking into some ugg slippers for indoor use?  i know they're ugly.  i still want them!  the only reason you would ever stick your nose up at them is b/c you've never worn them and have absolutely no idea how ridiculously warm and cozy they are.


anyway....


it's not far off that i will be moving to japan.  just a little more than 2 months.  it's a little bit frightening, but more than that, it's incredibly exciting.  part of me wonders how i'll do it, the other part knows i'll be just fine.  this will be an interesting first though.  i've never lived outside of the US and now i'm going to a country where i don't speak the language, can't read anything, and the culture is quite different.  but i think those are the reasons why i want to go to.  i also want to do something different with my life.  i'm not ready to stay in one spot and only be a speech-therapist for the rest of my life when i want to see and be much more than that.  maybe that sounds ridiculous.  maybe i'm ridiculous.  but that's the way i feel about it.