I have less than 6 weeks left in Japan. I have started hearing from friends, some staying longer, some leaving the same time, who want to get together. I want to see them, but my financial situation is pretty grim. I am scraping together the money for a birthday present for my girlfriend.
Plus, about 5 months ago, I quit drinking. It's something nobody seems to care abut but me, but I sort of stopped hanging around my drinking buddy classmates. And by drinking buddies I mean 100 pound girls that I was out-drinking 5 to 1. They were capable of going out and drinking a few beers and stopping, for whatever reason, I can't do that. So I am a little...ashamed to see them again.
I've already met a few, and they are surprised to find that I am drinking oolong tea. Then they forget about it and move on. But still I build it up in my mind.
I have about $150 US that I never exchanged for Yen, which is my emergency fund. When I get back to the States I will stay with my Aunt and Uncle for a month, while I work and prepare for school. I want to take my minimalist, Japanese, Zen lifestyle back to America.