Poor thing, indeed... Well, I just can't unsee it, so that's the interpretation that I'm left with! I'm glad that doesn't bother you.

Oh, definitely! I miss my host family so much. It's been a whole year since I left, or nearly so, which is really almost impossible to believe...

Even if it was like vacation, that sure must have been nice. <3 I like Japan a lot, even though I don't want to live there. _{I'm blonde and stick out like nobody's business. x_x}