Got my departure date!

I got my Japanese student visa, and sent it off to the travel agent. she just mailed me my ticket the other day. They originally told me I would be in Japan by august 1st or so, but the ticket says august 20th!

This is good and bad. It's good in that I get more time in Canada, more summer with my friends and family. It's bad in that i miss most of Japanese summer vacation, which is only one month. so I will be going straight in to school when i get there, rather than having a month to just get settled and get to know my host family.

So 57 days and 8 hours left before I'm on the plane, but i'm getting pretty stoked.