They'll call it chance, or luck, or call it Fate

Finally on the way to California tomorrow. I literally can't wait to get out of here. This past week has been so emotionally exhausting and I can't wait to leave it behind. This doesn't really feel like home anymore. The rest of the week with DJ should be much better and much more fun.

I'm also feeling pretty down because it's exactly one month until April moves back to America. It seems like there's never going to be enough time. I know how much I've missed her this past week and I hate thinking about us being apart for so much longer. I feel like I'm wasting valuable time that we could be spending together, while I'm here in America.

Had another wonderful weekend with April. We went to another exist+trace live (which I'll write about later) and then we spent the next night out on the town in Ni-chome. We went to GF, one of the monthly lesbian events, and spent the night drinking and dancing. It was a great time, but we were so tired after being out all night. There was also a matsuri happening literally right outside April's apartment all weekend, so we would periodically pop down to get food from the booths, or check out the mikoshi. Definitely one of the cool parts about living in Japan (except for the fact that it was super noisy outside when we were trying to sleep in after our night out).

Tonight, I Skyped with my Aunt Judy. She wanted to make sure that I was okay after everything with my parents and she wanted me to know that she still loves and supports me. That was good to hear. She wants to meet April. Aunt Judy also told me that she's sure my grandma would have supported me, too. She said that even though Grandma didn't share her opinions too much, that she was actually surprisingly liberal. That really made me feel good, too. Even though things are still hard with my parents, talking to other supportive family members helps me feel better.