Today at exactly 3:30, during my afternoon break, I talked to my employers (a brother and sister) at the main school I work at and told them I would like to quit teaching at the end of this year or as soon as they find a teacher to replace me. They think that they’ll probably be able to find a new teacher(s) for most of my classes by the end of this year, and that I can quit completely by mid-January at the latest. Soon, I’ll be going back to being a full-time student … at home <grin/grimace>. I got all the papers necessary for application to Whitefield College and will go to the post office first thing tomorrow morning to send it off by registered mail. I’m not sure exactly where I’ll go after Whitefield but I have a couple things in mind.

For the last few weeks, I’ve been toiling through a few hundred pages of Japanese grammar books and drills to prepare for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. I applied for Level 1, the highest level. At first, I expected to pass without much trouble, but the more I study for it, the more difficult it seems. There are only 2 more days till the test. I hope I will be able to pass. I haven’t even taken the test yet and I’m already going nuts about when I’m going to get the results. I won’t get them till mid-February. My whole life, I’ve never had to wait for test results. That’s the good/bad thing about home schooling. Most of the time, I graded my own tests. On the few occasions my parents graded something, they would always do it right away, so I’ve never waited longer than an hour to get any results. <gnashing teeth and pulling hair>

At the beginning of this year, I decided to work as hard as I could to save money. I wanted to work to exhaustion so I could to give my mind and heart a rest. That’s exactly what I did and this has been the happiest year of my life so far. Now it’s time for me to get serious, stick my nose back into books, and see how far I can go … if at all. I hope God has some use for me and that He will let me know what it is soon.