Tadaima!

(Tadaima is what Japanese people say when they get home, although it doesn't quite work for me, since it's more 'I'm back here at school'.)

I am back from Nagoya! We arrive in Hilo on Sunday afternoon, after leaving Nagoya at 10 PM... on Sunday.

Fortunately I was expecting it, but the jet lag is much harder coming from Japan than going there, although there were some very sleepy days early on the program, which were probably also a result of not getting much sleep before we left either.

Nagoya was really amazing! Since I've been to Japan before and stayed with families, there weren't as many new experiences this time, so I might seem a little underwhelmed at times, but I think in actuality I was able to be happy with my experiences instead of surprised by new ones, although we did have plenty of adventures. There was definitely less culture shock!

I am hoping to make (many) more posts about my trip, but right now I am busy studying for my surprise midterms (3 of them, only 1 of which I knew about before I left) today and tomorrow and catching up with my homework. Missing a week of class was pretty rough, and my grades are threatening to start slipping...

With that, a hui hou!