If I was still in Japan, we would be finishing the fall term now. Last year, my girlfriend and I spent Christmas eve in a nice hotel, and New Years Eve in a mediocre hotel. No complaints.
Well, I have a job, and I found out I have a place to live next month. So I can get out of my kind aunt and uncles house. Also my parents are giving me money for a new laptop, as this one is loud and slow and overheats constantly. Plus it's big, and old. Yeah, I'm talking about you.
I have settled in a little more. I still study every day, about an hour each day. Reading Listening Vocab and Kanji. Plus a little meditation in the morning. As soon as I can move in to my new apartment, I will feel much more stable. I can finally take my clothes out of their duffel bags and put them, er, in whatever I buy to put them in.
I haven't bought a single present, I will go buy my Aunt and Uncle something Japanese.
I haven't really craved a social life. I have friends that I have dinner with now and then, but I have been to a bar once since I was back, and it was for about 30 minutes. I don't want to drink, or waste time on anything that will cloud my thinking. I don't want a full appointment book. I want to practice Japanese, and get my degree and go back to Japan.