Somehow, life fast-forwarded to 9 days. I was watching my countdown so carefully, I don't know what happened...
Today, I said goodbye to my very first Japanese friends. I hosted (I mean that in the lightest sense of the word...I literally just opened my door, they did the shopping, cooking, and cleaning) an udon party for last year's graduates. Eight girls came...some I hadn't seen since graduation. They gave me a Mickey&Minnie picture frame for my wedding - they are adorned in traditional Japanese wedding attire. The girls even came up with creative kanji names for me and Brian to write on the frame. Then they all signed the dress. As if that's not sweet enough, Keiko started crying as they said goodnight. Of course, I waited until they left to cry. That took a while, since they stopped to take pictures of my soon-to-be-replaced mailbox label.
I can hardly believe that my relationship (at least face-to-face) with these friends is at an end. I can't believe a year has passed. I feel like I just got here on that horribly lonely day in September.
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