On Saturday I’m doing something I haven’t done in a very long time.
I’m going home.
I’m not sure why I waited three years to return. All I know is that now is the time. I will be staying in Vermont for eight days and then flying to Edmonton for eight days. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t a little nervous about this.
What has changed in three years? How have I changed in three years?
Honestly, I thought I could make a home for myself in Japan. My entire family moved away from Edmonton three years ago and made lives for themselves. Japan was supposed to be my place. Why is it not working out the way I wanted it to?
Is it something about Japan? Is it something about me?
In addition to all of this, I got my contract renewed today. It is good until April of 2008. I will be coming back to Japan for another year. What will it be like? Should I still try to make this a home? Or should I abandon this effort and return to Canada when 2008 comes around. There are many perplexing questions I have to deal with, and there doesn’t seem to be an easy way to attack them. One thing is certain, however. On Saturday, I am going home.
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