Leaving on a jet plane
July 08, 2004
Well my short return home has drawn to an end. I’m on the plane in about 12 hours to return to the mundane, yet very happy little life that I have forged for myself in Japan. In these 6 days, I’ve done all that I had set out to do, save for a few things to buy. In the end, the rather expensive airplane ticket was worth it since it let me do some important things.
Primarily, I got to see my grandmother everyday while I was here. Her condition has been between bismal and upbeat. Yesterday she had a tube inserted directly into her stomach so that they can feed her. She had been on the malnutritious drips for the past week and was pretty much just wasting away. The doctor wouldn’t place a tube via esophagus because the cancer had grown too much. Anyway, with this stomach tube, she’ll have some more time. I jumped on the airplane expecting her to go at any time and I leave knowing she has a bit more time. (How much time I have no idea – the doctor is rather vague ALL the time).
Nxt, I saw some people whom I haven’t seen in a long time. I also didn’t have the time to see people I would have liked to see too. For those I saw – thank you for making this unexpected visit so much fun and I hope to see you soon again. For those I missed, I’m sorry I missed you.
did quite a lot of shopping – mostly for entertainment. I bought a couple Gamecube games, a couple PC games, and a couple of books. I will also be bringing back a few pictures that were printed and some that I took.
I’m feeling a range of emotions from happy to sad. I don’t even know how to feel now. I’m pretty damn tired from running around everyday all week so I wasn’t in a very good mood for yet another huge family dinner. For reasons I can understand, our entire extended has been seeing each other a lot more. In the past, we’d barely see one another 2 or 3 times a year. I even got to hang out with cousins whom I rarely ever see. It’s weird that I don’t really know my own relatives.
See you back in Japan.
