Can't sleep....

Not because I'm scared that a clown will eat me. I don't have any of those fears. What I might have however is test anxiety. I really want to get this last final with that starts at 9:00am today. I've been trying to sleep since 2:00 and managed to get about an hour and 3/4's of sleep, but have been lying in bed for the rest of the time (current time is now 5:23).

I think I've fucked over my biological clock by trying to change my time schedule too quickly. Up until my first final last week, I was sleeping at 5:00am and waking up at 2:00pm. A healthy 9 hours of sleep everyday. But since my last two finals are at 9:00am, I no longer have the luxury of sleeping late and waking up late as well. Thus, I've had to change my sleeping schedule all the while trying to maximize studying time. Which hasn't been easy for me because adjusting my sleeping schedule, usually requires me to tire myself out by staying up for 20 hours and then sleeping for 9-10 hours.

So yah needless to say, I'll be running on a hour of sleep and a whole lot of milk tea and caffeine again today, just like I did yesterday for my classical Japanese final. Guess I shouldn't of took that 4 hour nap from 12:00pm-4:00pm and then another nap from 6:00pm-8:00pm last night. I'll be happy once I finish this final, I also need to do well, so extra concentration will be required.

After the final, I have a full itinerary of errands to run, which is gonna make taking a nap impossible. (Hopefully I'll be able to reset myself to a more normal sleep schedule.) Most of which have to do with going to Japan under the JET programme (they spell it like how I spelt it). I have to go to the Doctors office to get a physical check, which probably won't look to great, as I'll be running on caffeine. I'll also have to go downtown, to get my passport renewed, which also means that I'll have to take new pictures of myself today. I don't imagine I'll look too good, I might even look so bad, that they'll mistake me for a crack dealer on my passport when I cross customs. I have to go to regent optical and start shopping for new glasses, that will be covered by my dad's insurance, I hope. I also need to book an appointment with the dentist to get my teeth cleaned, so Japanese girls won't freak out when I smile at them. Lastly, I have to send in a job application for a summer job.

Optimistically, I'll get everything done by today. But logically thinking about it, I might just have to hold off on that job application thingy till Wednesday, when I have more energy and focus. We'll see. Maybe I'll drive to school early today too. Might as well do a bit of review before I take this test. I dunno....damn I hate finals, thank god I won't have to do this for a year or two, if I pass....

指しぶり。。。

Wow its been a while since I last wrote into blogger. Didn't even know that they had some blogger format. I hope it works better than what they were using before, especially the pictures. Anyway, for my 50th post, I wanted to post up something special (maybe a reason why I've been slacking off posting). And well here it is:

I'm happy to say I finished my Japanese Final today, maybe not the result I wanted but I don't care I'm done and I'm happy. After finishing the final, I had to pick up my uncle at the airport at 2:30pm. So I drove my car down to the airport in snow (seems to always snow when I want to drive, now that Kings and I have changed to our summer tires). I picked him up at the terminal and we had a nice talk in the car about JET, taxes and convocation.

When we got back to my grandmother's apartment, I had 3 pieces of mail waiting for me. Guess what they were? A covocation notice, my T4 from university and an approval from the Embassy of Japan, allowing my participation on the JET program. In other words, I get to teach english in Japan for one year (perhaps more). I'm pretty psyched about it!

Morale of the day: Speak to my uncle about everything missing in my life and I'll get it.

But anyway, I'm pretty happy today. I don't think anything will hold me back from going to Japan. I'm free of all restraints, emotional or otherwise, so it'll be a fun trip. Now I want to drink and get my liver conditioned for the alcohol intake that is awaiting me in Japan.

Of course, sitting here writing about this sort of makes me look at other things as well. Such as, how much I'll miss my Mazda3, my friends and family. Especially the latter two. I hope I'll be able to survive over there, but I'm sure there will be periods of homesickness and just missing home and the stuff there. Oh well, I guess It can't be helped (仕方がない) .

I'll probably keep updating this blog in Japan, or may create a related blog to it while I'm there...

It might be in Japanese though, as I feel the need to improve my Japanese reading, writing and speaking skills before I go. But I still have finals to worry about!

Maybe?