Alia Luria

Meet my puppy, Ein. She’s a Pembroke Welsh Corgi. She’s super, super cute. Last week she got to meet my brother’s Rottweiler, Wilson. :) Apparently, something she said really surprised poor Wilson. Hee hee!

Sorry for the lack of any blogs this week. As many of you know, David is in town visiting me this week. We’ve been having a great time around Tokyo. I will blog in detail about it, probably after he leaves and I’m mopey because he’s gone. Either way, I have posted some photos of our dinner this evening on Flickr, as well as photos from the Imperial Palace East Garden, some photobooth photos (very goofy) for friends and family to see, and some photos from Museum Ghibli.

I hope everyone enjoys them, and I’ll blog more explicitly about my week probably next week.

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Well, technically, since my classes started last Thursday, I’ve survived my first week of class. I hadn’t actually looked at what dates are posting on these blogs, but I’m guessing they are the wrong ones, because I’m not on the east coast. I may have to look into getting them fixed, but I don’t know if they would change the ones I’ve already posted or not. Anyway… that would be a tangent. So, I survived my first week of classes. So far, I like all of my professors, and I’ve mostly enjoyed class. I think the classes that I’ve chosen will be very relevant in my chosen career path (corporate law), and I think that the comparative aspect of all of the classes gives me an opportunity to critically evaluate the U.S. legal system as I learn finance or commercial transactions.

I’m really glad I’m getting this opportunity. Plus, I get to do it in a country I’ve wanted to visit for a long time. Overall, I’m feeling pretty lucky at the moment. I’m also feeling a tad homesick. I miss the companionship of my friends, family, and boyfriend. I miss hugs. You don’t think about it when you’re surrounded by people that you are close with. But then, when you leave for a bit, it kind of hits you that you haven’t had a hug in a couple weeks, and it seems really sad. But, generally, I find myself to be fairly content here, if not impatient to be feeling fully recovered.

Anyway, I guess that’s all the musings I have time for at the moment! (Despite what it might say on the times tamp, it’s 12:30 AM here and I need to get some sleep!)

Well, I got my visa materials out yesterday, and I checked the tracking number, and it arrived in Miami today. So, hopefully, by next week I should have my passport back and be ready to roll. As far as financial aid, I just got the confirmation this morning that everything is in order for my loan disbursement (whew!). I’m beginning to think that I might have to bring two suitcases instead of one. Ouch! But, it doesn’t look like I’ll be able to fit everything I need to fit into one suitcase. I guess I’ll tinker with it a bit over the break.

Only one more final left! It starts in an hour and a half, and then I’m finally done for the semester. It has been a very long semester, but a lot has happened, so I’m not surprised that it felt really long. It’ll be amazing to see my sister in a few days as well. I haven’t seen her since March, when she left for Uganda. :) Yay!

After the final, it is just finishing packing, getting my cats settled to be home alone for a bit, and then, I head off to Orlando for the weekend before heading to Tampa. I’m pretty excited to start my vacation, and when it’s over, I’ll be flying to Tokyo!