What a week! We've had such a good lesson in patience and flexibility - things that will definitely benefit us in our new life.
We weren't sure at first if we would be able to head out this past Wednesday because we were needing medical clearance for a last minute issue with me. It came in at the eleventh hour, but because of some ticketing issues, we ended up not leaving on Wednesday after all. Fortunately, we only had to wait two days - days I think actually benefitted us in the long run. We got a little more time with our families and ended up saying good bye in a private setting versus bawling our eyes out in front of everyone at the airport.
It feels surreal that we're finally on our way. Since both of us have traveled overseas multiple times in some ways it feels like the same ol' same ol' but then we keep having these moments today when it just stops us dead in our tracks that we're really moving to Japan, and there's not a return ticket waiting on us.
It makes it so much easier knowing that we have an amazing team waiting to welcome us, take us to our new home, and show us the ropes. If we didn't have that I would probably be sobbing on the floor at this point. I even find myself starting to feel little surges of excitement. After all, we've worked hard for this for the last four years.
When we get to our new mansion (yes, they call their apartments "mansions" in Japan, I'll post a few of the pics I took with my nicer camera along the way. Until then, I leave you with this one I snapped with my iPad:
Goodbye America!
