The arrival of my COE!

I got a call from my recruiter today and she said that my COE (certificate of eligibility) arrived in Chicago today! I will be receiving it tomorrow around 10:30am! She and I were both surprised on the phone because we expected it to be ready 2 weeks to a month prior to departure (Jan. 8th) Instead I get a 2 month jump start! AWESOME! Marisa just facebooked me that she is receiving hers tomorrow as well. I think they may have sent them in together. None the less I think we are both excited! This means that we don't have to move or postpone our departure date and more importantly our plane tickets! SOOOOOOO I got a good deal! 784 for plane ticket is not that bad! If you recall from my previous post, moving the ticket would be $200 plus the difference. 66 days left yall!

2 Funny MagoMago Arashi Episodes- Subbed

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SHO and AIBA

Don't settle, buy the good stuff

I've been ordering shoes online as part of getting my stuff ready for Japan. I mentioned that I need to find a really REALLY comfortable pair of heels. I ordered some from amazon and they came in. They are nice and not terribly uncomfortable. Problem is they are not that well made. They cost me 39bucks.... not bad, however there is no grip on the bottom of the SHOE! I can already see myself running up the stairs to catch the train and loosing my footing and taking a nosedive in front of everyone. Yeah... not such a good visual. This prompted me to go for my first choice shoe... this first choice el-primo shoe costs $94! I've never in my life spent a hundred bucks on A pair of shoes. So I bought 2... one in black and one in brown. If these are as comfortable as they say they are then i'm sending the cheap ones back. I figure I should get the good stuff because I will be spending majority of my time in these shoes. I need them to be comfortable and they have high ratings in that way. Any shoe that people say they can spend 12 hours in without taking them off the second they have a chance is ok in my book. Man I hope thats true. Plus I feel a little bit better because I got $20 off each pair! Hell yes coupons! Anyway lesson of the day is sometimes you can't beat quality.