Sapporo!

Today I got the best email EVER!

I am going to Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan!!!!!!!!!!!!

And some my exclamation marks just to show my excitement!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

First ups and downs of, hopefully, many

As time went on and it got closer and closer to the first week of April - the time I told I was to be accepted to go to Japan by AFS Japan, I swear I checked my email fifty times a day.

So yesterday, when my mother sent me a text message saying I was accepted, I jumped up and down screaming. (Yes, I am that girl.) However, less than 30 seconds later it was followed by another text message which said she wasn't sure...

So the email I and my mother got was about the pre-departure orientation. One does not go to the orientation if they are not accepted by their host country. So naturally I assumed (yes, yes, I know) that I was accepted. My happiness and excitement were through the roof.

Unfortunately, I found out today, AFS sent out this email to all those who were accepted by AFS USA. It was a planning measure, as a way to put it. In other words, I am not yet accepted by AFS Japan. The rock falls back into the pit of my stomach.

And the waiting game starts again.