Up and Down
It's true, I do feel better now.

The good news is that I have like a gajillion dollars in my wallet and nothing (so far!) to spend it on. Between the job last month and the jobs already this month, I've got probably $100 on me and another $200 coming to me next week from commuter pass refunds and English jobs. With this money and the accumulation of private lesson fees over the next few weeks, I shouldn't need to withdraw anything from the bank for this month. Which means I keep the $350 I could have spent. Or more, depending how far I stretch this. I feel loaded right now even though I should still try to up my income for the travel fund. I'm not going to push it too hard because I don't want to devote any more time to working. I'll leave a bit to chance, modeling jobs, Christmas presents and the like.

The bad news is that I'm sure I'll feel poor again soon for some reason or another. There's always something to eat my money when I least expect it. Grah. And to top it all off, after my emotional night and unusual schedule, I find that it's now past 1AM and I don't feel like sleeping. That means I'll only get 5 and a half hours of sleep, at best. Crap. At least I only have Japanese class tomorrow. I'll still go to the gym and I bet I'll feel the same as I always do. My only other Friday plans are to take a trip to the big "Supa" (grocery store) somewhere around here and look for ingredients to make my "SUPAAAA OOTO-MIARU" for my host family. Can you believe they've never eaten oatmeal? Or chili?! Jeez. What is this, Japan???