Still Getting Closer

I just got my visa from the Japanese Embassy yesterday; it's right there in my passport. I feel so official now. :) I also received my welcome package from Aoyama Gakuin University (which from now on, I will refer to as AGU). Among its contents, was a map of the Tokyo Subway. Please observe (You can click on it to see a larger image):



And some people find the Washington D.C./Virgina/Maryland Metro map was hard to follow...

Anyway, I've started packing - a process that I do not enjoy. I'm trying my best to only bring two suitcases and make them as light as possible. It's working so far. But I'm waiting until it gets a little closer to the day I leave to pack it all in for real.

In the time being, I envy all my fellow college friends moving back into their respective campuses, especially those at UMD moving into Dorchester Hall. I went by yesterday to visit some of those people and was giddy from being inside the place. Best dorm in College Park, hands down. I'll be back there a few more times before I'm shipped off.