OhhhhhhHHH FREAK OUT!

Okay, that title is just to make my mom laugh.

Seventy-six hours until my brother is here to visit! YAAAAAY! I'm excited. Today after school I'm going to get the tickets for Alex and I to take the night bus to Tokyo. It's an overnight bus trip and it's much cheaper than taking the trains. Then we'll be spending a few days in Tokyo, a few days in Kyoto, spending some time at home, before heading back to Tokyo to drop him back at the airport.

Then we've got to bust home on the shinkansen because I have school the next day. Whew!

Today is the last day of classes at the junior high. I had one English class in the morning, and for the rest of the day I spent time with a boy who doesn't usually come to school. He usually studies alone in a room, and I suspect he's bullied and doesn't do well around others, but he's really the sweetest kid. I talked to him about comics and movies and we studied cursive together (it's been a while for me too! He laughed at some of my mistakes) for about two hours or so.

At the end, the lunch bell rang and he said "Thanks for coming to talk to me. It's lonely studying by myself all the time."

It's like a little oasis in the stress, you know? I hope I can help him come to school more often.