hola y konnichiwa! well, i'm off to japan for two weeks! hooRAY!! *jump* my host family consists of one (1) grandmother, one (1) father, one (1) mother, one (1) male offspring of the mother and father [25], and two (2) female offspring of the mother and father [24, 17]. fantastico! er... um... uh... omedeto! shirimasen... sooooo the older kids might not be there. it'll probably be just me and izumi (that's her name) and the parents, of course. oooohhh gosh. i'm excited. i'll have many stories and pictures when i return! yay 14 hour plane ride! yoi ichinichi wo! *wave wave*