Preparing To Leave

Well since my last post I've got a few more things done. Today I went and bought some yen. I got £500 worth to take with me, because I have a lot of payments to make in the first day and also I won't have a bank account for a while when I first arrive so I need enough to live on!

Emotionally I've been pretty up and down. It's a massive big thing going so far away from your friends and family, and my boyfriend. Alex really means the world to me. Out of the 5 years we've been together we've lived in the same house for 3. I rely loads on him for support and to keep me happy when my moods go down, and I think he relies on me a lot too. I don't have any worries about our survival as a couple because I know we're solid enough to survive even a whole year apart. But it's going to be one of the hardest things to do.

This is me and him together in Egg Cafe in Liverpool, one of our favourite places.

I'm also going to miss my mum and dad a lot. I live with my mum and Alex and we're so used to each others company. Even being away in Leeds was pretty hard because we're so close. When I was away I talked to her a couple of times a day on the phone, which I won't be able to do in Japan.

Me and my mum when she graduated.

My Dad and my little sister Niamhy, my nan and auntie hilda, my auntie jan and her little boy Frankie. I won't see them all for a whole year and it's hard to get my head around. My kitty Tabitha =[ I'm super close to her recently, because earlier this year my other cat and dog both died really close together so she's a bit lonely and clingy. 

Taba with her usual angry face

And of course I'm going to miss all my awesome friends here in Liverpool. On the 27th I had a party, that was a sort of early birthday and a going away party. Lots of my good friends came - my friend Laura travelled all the way from Oxford, and Jim came from Yorkshire and Andrew from Birmingham. Dale had a massive fight with a taxi company to get to see me. And tomorrow my friend Lucy is visiting from Newcastle.  I'll miss Amy and our drunken ramblings, Cookie who I spent most of my A levels bunking classes and sleeping in the library with, my old housemate Jim putting up with my crazies, Andrew to bitch to online and Kiel to share Japanese music. All my super special Japanese class friends who I can't wait to get to know better in the next few years.

Alex and my friend Will made an amazing cake in the shape of Nyan Cat and Holly, her boyfriend Mike and Stephie got me lovely presents and I got some cards with nice messages on them. We had some super fun times playing Twister. I really appreciate all my friends and I'll miss them all so much. I feel really special and appreciated to have such great people in my life. Here are some cool pictures from my party! 

Super awesome nyancat cake. With rainbow inside!

Proud creators of the cake.

I'm pretty sure these guys are dancing to some terrible Eurovision music.

I was so trapped in Twister.

Please excuse how totally drunk I appear here!

In conclusion to all this - I love you guys. And I love everyone I love who isn't in these photos and mentioned here. I'm so happy I have some great friends to be sad to leave behind. 

On Saturday I'll be having a meal with my family.

And I'm going on Tuesday. I'm gonna cry like a bitch =[