Time Difference

In Memphis I was something of a night owl. I would usually stay awake until 2, 3, 4 in the morning. Some of it was stress related, but staying up late became so ingrained in me that even when I wasn't stressed out I would be up in the wee hours of the morning, surfing the internet or watching netflix. I would often stay at Josh's house pretty late, because I figured if I couldn't get to sleep I would at least enjoy my hours of wakefulness by spending time with my boyfriend.

Now with this huge time change, my internal clock seems to be flip-flopped. I find myself getting sleepy around 8 o clock, and I wake up around 6 or 7 without a problem. It's such a change for me. Some of the grogginess I still attribute to jet lag, but otherwise I'm doing all right, physically. I wake up around 6, surf the internet until 7, go down to the basement and take a shower (Showering early is a good thing because no one else is in there at that time. There is only one shower room per gender and all the shower heads are open.), go back up to my room and finish getting 'primped' and then I just do whatever.

Things are still kind of lonely and time seems to drag on. Having class will be nice because then I'll actually have things to do. Missing my family and my boyfriend are at the forefront of my mind because I don't have anything else to focus on. It doesn't help that the weather is rather grey. I look forward to having class and things to occupy my time.

Right now I've been avoiding going out because I've spent a lot of the money I brought with me on groceries and other necessary items. I won't have a bank account until Tuesday at the earliest and I don't know when my food stipend starts. Some Japanese students from Ritsumeikan came by my room yesterday and invited me to go out to get drinks and dinner (FYI for my relatives who don't know, 20 is the legal drinking age here, so it's perfectly acceptable to go out to a bar. They also have beer at vending machines, and although I'm curious to try a Japanese beer, I'm hesitant to spend my money on something I don't like.), but I can't afford to spend my money freely.

Hopefully the few groceries I bought will tide me over. I have to go by 7-11 today and pick up some sugar for my coffee, some juice, and lunch meat.
I want to explore the neighborhood, but I'm afraid to do so by myself because I don't want to get lost.