Return!?

My prayer tablet from 2007 is in there somewhere,

with the usual wishes written upon it:

stay healthy,

do well in school,

protect my family,

meet a nice boy,

and return to Japan someday.

I knew the first three were likely to happen, but I never imagined the last would!

Well, not so soon, anyway.

9 more days.

Revisiting old friends and nostalgic places for ten days, and then visiting the sprawling metropolis of Tokyo and my friend Kinuko for another ten or so.

This, combined with Christmas, is making me feel elated beyond belief. I am so excited for both that I can hardly contain myself. I think one of these is appropriate:

^_____^!!!!