I’m truly excited about getting to live in Japan for 4 or so months, but I have started to have a lot of nerves associated with it. Will I be able to find a decent apartment while I’m still here in the U.S.? What’s a decent apartment? What’s me getting ripped off? What if I sign a contract with a place and then find that I haven’t thought of a particularly important provision? I could go on like this for hours, and I probably have already in my own brain. Yay, neuroses! All of this is compounded by the fact that school keeps me busy.
I need to make things easier for myself by keeping detailed lists of stuff and print out interesting/important information and starting a file with it. At least I’ve gotten all outstanding (as of now) documents to TUJ, including the most important visa documentation. So, I’m really only waiting on the course registration materials, the job guide, the housing guides, and the temporary housing registration (which I hope to not have to take advantage of). I can save myself $300 at least by not taking advantage of the temporary housing. If I find an apartment here, I won’t have to pay $700+ for two weeks of housing in Tokyo and then have the stress of looking for an apartment while I’m already there. Also, many of the places I’ve looked over in a cursory manner have only had a $300 deposit to hold the apartment, which they will usually accept as a credit card payment.
Also, it’s good that flights seem to still be available, and the prices I’m seeing right now are $967 including tax. David and I still haven’t decided the exact dates we are going to return, but it does not look like my summer job will be starting until the second half of May, so hopefully I will have a week to try to recover from jetlag (which I’m sure will be pretty serious after 4 months). After they have processed my documents, I may call the recruiting office see if I can get a date locked down.
Blarg, so much to do, so little relative time in which to do it.
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