Last Day at Yellow Ruby :_(
Soooo today is officially my last day at Yellow Ruby - my 10th and final week. The past few weeks have flown by and although I am tired and ready to see friends and family back in America, I will miss this place very very much. I must find time in the very near future to come back for a visit....it is just too strange to think about how I will be on an airplane headed home in just 4 short days. I really had a lot of fun working and learning here at YR and will miss everyone a lot. 
I suppose life must go on, but at the very least I have great memories that I will take with me; ones that I will keep forever.
I just came back from a last lunch at a cute cafe with きよ and ゆうすけ, which was very nice. I have a few more hours here then Im back to my dorm to study for tomorrow`s final Japanese oral exam. The さよなら party for IES (my study abroad program) is Friday, followed by a morning at 築地 fish market and brunch in 赤坂 with my friends Becky and Elle on Saturday (which will then be followed by much packing). I will say my goodbyes to all my Ayase dorm buddies (Kathleen, Sonia, and Jean especially) and by Saturday, I will be on my way to Narita Airport. My semester in Tokyo was everything I hoped it would be, plus more- and I am extremely thankful to have had this wonderful opportunity. I have learned so much about so many different aspects of life during the past 4 months that I cannot even begin to understand the impact it has had / will have on my life at this time. So now I am going to end this entry before it gets way too long to translate! haha....
Goodbye Yellow Ruby and Tokyo! I am leaving now, but I will be back -
very soon. 
Update from here at YR!
Helllllo!!
Today I am at Yellow Ruby once again for another Wednesday! I havent written anything on here for a while - but believe me, a lot has been going on none the less. During the past couple of weeks I have done everything from taking a class trip to Okinawa for a 3 night stay, to wonder around Tokyo in search of anything new to see (there is a lot; every little area is so different from the next), to making sure I keep up with all my work for all my classes at Kanda! Of course, I have also been coming to intern at YR every week.... which is still doing a great job of breaking up my extremely busy weeks. A couple weeks ago I was fortunate enough to go out after work with everyone from Yellow Ruby for a late Welcome party! It was a lot of fun; I tried many new foods and drinks and laughed the entire time ha! so fun and interesting. I cannot forget to mention my awesome day at Disney Sea with Becky last Tuesday...anyone who knows me well knows that I absolutely love Disneyworld back at home and had always dreamed of going to Disney in Tokyo - well my dream came true! AND it did not disappoint - it was so well done, with outstanding architecture and everything. Awesome - I wish my buddy Carolyn (who loves Disney atleast as much as I do) could have come with me! Maybe someday....so anyways I have about 3 and a half weeks left here in Tokyo so I am desperately trying to balance seeing and doing everything I want in this city with all my work and final papers I have due!! I will miss everything and everyone I have become close to - most especially the girls in my dorm and Yellow Ruby!! I still have time left to enoy, however, so I wont think about that just yet. Plus - Ill be back to Tokyo SOON! I just know it. 
haha the faces on this program are ridiculous....
End of day...goodbye for now!
Like always, the time flew by today without me noticing, but there is always next week! But before I go, I am going to first help in the store downstairs for a bit...Good day in all, especially since I ate lunch in a cute and fancy coffe shop in Ometesando Mall -because I am slightly obsessed with that place in particular. It was fun to sit in the big window and just people-watch!! I think that is all for now!