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Summer

I love this picture. We were in a Shrine in Japan, I'm not sure which one or where exactly. The little placks are called Ema. You write your wishes on them and hang them around the tree. Then every morning a priest is supposed to come around and bless all the wishes so they come true. The woman standing there is my grandma. I didn't realize at first that she was in the picture, but now that I look at it, I like it better. If she weren't in there, I don't think it would look as real somehow.

Actually, Dad and I just hung a bunch of photos in my room that are from Japan. They are all different sizes and and placed around the path picture. This is one of the bigger ones (besides the path picture) because it really catches your eye when you look at the group as a whole.

I'm thinking that since I still haven't received an email from the guy in charge of the Pre-Departure Orientation for Japan, it means that I'm not going. This may be a good thing--I'm not sure I really want to be gone that much this summer. In July I'm going to FCCLA Nationals in Nashville. It will be fun but it is for an entire week and it costs a lot of money. Plus I'm not so sure that I want to be stuck on a bus for that long with all those crazy people. My only consolation will be Brooke, Robert, and Marci (maybe, sometimes she can really get on my nerves). Dad is moving down to Georgia the first week of June and Mom is going with him for the week. There won't be any room (or money) for me or Jason to tag along, so that means my only vacation will be with FCCLA. I don't think our family has had a true family vacation in a long time. But oh well. I think I'm feeling a wave of loneliness washing over me right now. Not so sure why. I'll enjoy the rest of the summer--I'm really looking forward to going to county fair without all that jet lag.

posted by Caity @ 8:55 AM