Dance

I'm in the dance club at my school. So every day this summer I went to dance practice. It surprised me how dedicated they are. I mean every day for at least 3 hours! Wow! Not to mention it's only a high school club, and most of the girls have never danced before this. But it's tons of fun! I've made so many friends in dance. It's nice because now whenever I see a girl in the hall they always go Ahh!! Misako!

We have so much fun together. Everyone always makes funny faces, or does silly moves. I'm always laughing at dance. Then there are the sen-pai. They make me laugh even harder! They don't usually talk to the 1st years (my grade) but because i'm a foreigner they always say hi to me and try to talk to me in English. It's so funny because they see everyone and say おはよ,おはよ... but to me it's always HI MISAKO!.... How are you Misako..... I love you Misako! Haha it's so funny!

I've got 3 really good friends in dance that I'm usually with. There are some more girls that I like talking and laughing with, but usually i'm with these 3. The 1st is Mie. She's also in my class so it's nice to have her to show me around. Also she speaks some English. Usually we're talking in half Japanese half English.... Japanlish! She has helped me a lot with translating and she's a super nice girl! Next is Shizuka. She is so nice! I don't know her as well as the other two, but she's really nice to me when we do talk. Then last, but not least! Kana! She is soooo cute! She is just a big ball of energy! She's short but it makes her so cute! It's so funny because she's always copying what I'm doing. Most of the time we are making faces or doing dance moves or something. It's funny how you don't need to talk to be good friends with someone.

At dance I can be myself. I'm not the shy, quiet girl that I am in class. Hopefully as time goes by i'll be like that in my class too.

Golfing!

.... I didn't have a picture for this one so it's just random :)

This is the path i walk down every day.

I'm a golfer! Tehe! I hung out with Saya and her boyfriend and they took me to indian food... yummy! ...the nan is huge!! Then we were going to go to a movie. That didn't work out so eventually we just went golfing. It was pretty late so we only went to the driving range. I've never done it before so it was pretty exciting! We had a contest with me and saya against her boyfriend. We had to try to hit the ball onto a green circle in the middle about 60 yds away and he had to try to hit it 5 times. Well we ended up changing it because I had beginners luck... or just skill ;P I learned pretty quick and by the end I hit it 10 times. He only hit it 8 times but he hit 100 yds twice so we gave him 2 points each. Saya..... hehe she wasn't doing to well at the beginning, but by the end I think she got it once! Whoo! Well it was a really fun night and they were really nice to bring me along!

Home!

I hate the airport! After hearing this story you'll know why. Get ready it's a long, emotional rollercoaster!

So Me and my dad went to the airport to try to get me on a flight back to Utah. My family was going home the next day with sachi, but they all had tickets. I was going standby so we thought we should try a day early just in case. The first problem was that the internet site was completely wrong! When we thought we could definitely get on a plane, we were definitely mistaken! Everything was overbooked! It was soooo frustrating! Anyways after we figured there was no possible way to get on that day we decided to head out to a hotel for the night. I have to say one of the worst parts about this was trying to leave the airport! They had to void our passports so we had to wait forever!!! Finally we got out and found a hotel to go to.

The hotel was nice. It seemed like a fun place to stay, but we only had one night there. So we went to our room, ate dinner, and tried to figure out how to get me home. We kept on coming up with all of these ideas then right when we thought we had it, they wouldn't work. I was trying to imagine myself staying in japan while my family went home so that i wouldn't be too disappointed if i couldn't get on a flight, but it was too hard! I couldn't imagine them going without me. I thought .. there has to be a way! there has to be some way that i can go home!

Anyways we came up with a couple of good ideas, and we were pretty sure that one of them was bound to work out.

So the next day finally came and after a delicious breakfast buffet we went back to the airport. There we met up with the rest of my family, then we started checking in. After all of the bags were taken care of, it was time to see if i would make it. So we walked up to the counter... i was extremely nervous! Then we asked the lady and she told us there was no way that i could get on. :( I was still ok because we still had a couple more options for me. So we tried to figure it out before they had to get on their plane. But once again there was no way i could go home that day. So I said goodbye to all my sisters then to my mom and dad. It was so hard trying to be tough then. I thought i did pretty good though, only a couple of tears fell. The hardest part of all was watching them leave. I'm not even sure if i really did that. I think i saw them start walking away then i had to rush to the train to get a hold of myself. I can't even describe what it was like, but i can tell you it wasn't fun.

On the train back home i accidentally sat in someone's reserved seat. I probably didn't look so good .. my eyes were still watery. So he just told me to stay and he found another seat. What a nice guy! After the 3 hour train ride i was finally back! So i went to my room, not feeling like socializing. Then after dinner i went back to my room and decided to check the flight one more time. I wasn't happy with what happened because i felt like i didn't really try everything i could. So while my family was flying back home i figured out what flights i could try the next day.

I left a message telling them i was trying again, then i set out for the airport one last time. For some reason my mood had completely changed. I was full of energy, excited, and hopeful! I got to the airport still happy, but nervous. When i went up to the desk to see if i could get on my stomach was full of butterflies! So i asked her then she told me that there was a high chance of me getting on!!! WHOOO!!! YA! From then on i couldn't stop smiling! Walking through security i had a huge smile on my face and i was humming. I got a couple of weird looks, but that didn't stop me. Nothing could put me down .. i was going home!!!! So i got on the plane and finally came home!