The past week

Well apparently the hotel has adapters to loan out, and macs can take 100-240 v of current, so I can charge the laptop and blog blog blog!

My last week has been defined by stress. To open, I am a moron. Now granted, I'm a moron with a 3.6 and a mind like a steel trap and a computer disk for a memory and the ability to type and pat myself on the back and I'm modest to boot. But that aside, I did a moronic thing. I lost my passport.

You heard (read) me. I lost. My passport. I discovered this on Monday. That's less then a week until I was supposed to leave, for those of you keeping score. Needless to say, I tore apart my house looking for the thing, and when it did not turn up, I immediately called my adviser to be advised on what to do next. After speaking to Waseda, I was told to get a new passport. Now in order to acquire a last minute passport, on needs to appear, in person, at a passport issuing agency, with the nearest two to Arizona being Denver and Los Angeles. After weighing the options, I decided Denver it was, best to avoid the LA smog and traffic, and alos, a good friend of mine happens to live in Denver, so it was nice to catch up while running all over the city trying to get my affairs in order.

So new passport achieved but alas, there was the problem of the Visa. I had my student Visa, all taken care of and screen printed in my passport. But of course, it's gone baby gone. So I had to heap a load more stress on and enter the country on a 90 day tourist Visa with the promise that Waseda will assist in changing my immigration status.

So far, everything has gone off without a hitch, save for my inability to communicate with the locals, as my Japanese, though conversational, is quite rudamentary. Lets hope I catch a tailwind soon!

I am waaay to tired to be typing, so I will pick this up manana!

Chao