Bloom In Japan

First the good/normal. My COE arrived this week and I quickly shipped off my Visa application to the Japanese Consulate for processing, which they received yesterday. If all goes well I will have my shiny new working-Visa on Monday. I’ve also been doing some more research on my future living area, and it is looking more and more ideal, which is very exciting.

Now the not so good. The company that hired me has been going through some troubles in the past months, and it only seems to be intensifying at this point. My plan all along has been to stick it out with them and hope that they could improve their situation, but I have been fully prepared to find a different job once in the country if need be. I should have enough cash to support myself in the event they fold before paying me my first paycheck, but obviously it would be a lot easier if they somehow recovered and provided a bit more job security. Next week should be a rather pivotal point for them, and will have definite repercussions for me as it will be the final week before departure.

Annnnd the possibly really bad. My mother may be sick again. They have found some cysts and growths on her thyroid and liver, and while they normally would not be too worried, her previous history and the radiation treatments she received make them a bit nervous. Long story short, she will be having a biopsy and CT next week, so I may not even know what is going on before I’m set to leave. I really hope that for her sake this all turns out to be nothing, as that woman has already been through far more than her fair share of medical anomalies.

What does this all mean? It means I’m stressed the hell out. I don’t think I have ever been this excited for anything in my life, and it seems like it’s all starting to crumble before it even starts. Worst case scenario, my mother has cancer and I am already in Japan when I find out. Unless it is something very easily treatable and the outlook is great, then that pretty much ends everything as I would obviously rush home to be at her side. Another scenario, I get to Japan and my company folds before I receive my first paycheck. I basically end up trying to survive on the funds I have and find another job and apartment. Other possible scenario, shit hits the fan on multiple fronts and since I have already payed for my plane ticket I end up taking a short vacation in Japan. Then again if I don’t have the funds to do this, I may just end up eating the ticket and staying home completely.

So yea, this sucks. In a perfect world I get my Visa on Monday, I find out my mother is OK later in the week, I fly out to Japan on the following Tuesday, and start work shortly thereafter with a company that will remain afloat and provide me the steady income I have been promised. I guess I can only hope for the best, see what fate hands down, and proceed appropriately.