AAwwwwwwwwwww

I received an e-mail from JET last night.

I am an Alternate. That's not good, but not bad, either. It means that I have a potential waiting period of mid-April to mid-December to find out if I'm fully accepted or not. No, that's not a long time at all...

Amidst all this, I still have to complete two forms that both deal with the government, meaning it will take a fucking retarded long time for them to get things back to me. I don't know why JET needs an X-ray of my lungs (cancer, but really? They wanna know if I have cancer?), and I get the FBI background check, but do they really think that if I were some sort of serious criminal, I would be applying to teach in Japan through the Japanese government? Then again, they might have something on me that I don't even know about. Good thing I'm not a political activist.

I'm making good progress on my story, and an old flame is being rekindled nicely :-) Happiness is abundant, and it would be on for today IF it wasn't so fucking cold in mid-April. Old Man Weather needs to get his ass in gear and correct this promptly.

After reading somewhere that taking a 1-hour bath was equivalent to 4 hours of good sleep, I've decided to really get in touch with my feminine side and take a bath with some music and a book today. I figure if I'm in by 5, out by 6, with enough time to prepare before leaving at 7 for dinner and a show, I should feel like a million bucks, right? Let's hope so.

I'm failing Japanese, but it's not essential for me to graduate, so I'm okay with failing my first class in my (second attempt at a) college career. Besides, it's ridiculously difficult and moving way too quickly. I've got Hiragana down pretty well, but Katakana still escapes me. We're having a quiz on Kanji next week...yea, okay.