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.