Things at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant seem to be escalating out of control. It has me very worried about the status of my trip. I have people left and right lecturing me about not going; when everything I look at says it's still safe for me to go because I'm going to be so far away. Roughly 400 miles. Of course, Chernobyl had radiation spread over a 600 mile radius (luckily, things haven't gotten to be near as bad in Japan).
As of right now, I am still going. Mom has called the school, called the State Department. The school has us registered with the STEP program in case I get there and have to be evacuated. Until they cancel my flight, or detect radiation in Nagoya, I'm going.
My main concern right now, is Steve. I don't want him to get affected by radiation, nor do I want him to come home and lose out on a great experience because of people over-reacting.
I want people to understand that I'm not an idiot. If things are unsafe, I won't go. But until it reaches a point where my health and well-being will be directly affected, I'm going. My graduating with my current major depends upon this trip. I've invested time and money into this trip that I will never get back. And if I don't go, I will lose even more time because I will either have to change my major, or schedule a later trip date to Japan which will put me even further behind schedule for graduating.
On a happier note, my cousin's baby shower is this weekend. I'm super excited. Baby Mason. =) I'm going to miss him being born while I'm in Japan, but can't wait until I get to finally meet him.
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I just got to read this! I told Anthony that I didn't want my grandchildren to have three eyeballs and he just shrugged and said it would be fine. LOL
ReplyDeleteLol. My pastor told me that I was going to learn to glow in the dark. >.<
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