Leaving and on the way!

Saying goodbye to my family and friends was one of the hardest things I've ever done. So far. Leaving Oregon was such a difficult thing to do. I love Oregon so much and doing this leaves me thinking "What the heck am I doing?". I know that in the end, this will all be worth it, but that doesn't make things any easier. Currently, I'm in Canada waiting out a wonderful 5 hour layover. Yay. Once I leave Canada, I'll head out to Tokyo and there, I will wait to catch my flight to Sapporo. I'm so excited to meet my host family and see where I'll be spending a year of my life. Nothing can explain how I feel sitting up so high in that airplane. With every passing moment I spend in that plane, I get closer and closer to Japan. I'm ready to be there. So close!