It's coming............

So I've recently realized that I am, in fact, actually going to Japan. It's not something that I just randomly talk about to take my mind off Cheesecake Factory. No. I'm really going. For real. Crazy.
I'm actually very grateful to have my wifey, MM, coming with me. The last time I was in Japan when I studied abroad, I more or less went by myself. Of course I went to school with people and made friends and whatnot, but there's something to be said for having a person that you already know to share your experience with. It will definitely be nice to know that I can call her whenever and stuff like that, which sounds kinda dumb, but if you've ever lived for an extended period of time in another time zone you should understand. I'm not one to need company for everything necessarily, but this is quite a large change in my life, and having a bit of consistency I think will make it a bit easier.
So now that the day draws closer, and the majority of the paperwork is finished, I, the eternal procrastinator, need to start getting serious about the daunting task of packing. I've been working on it in bits and pieces for awhile, as I understood awhile ago that my classic move of "let's pack the night before" or my favorite "let's pack at 4:30am the morning of my 1:00pm flight that I have to drive 8 hours to catch", will probably not fly on this occasion. Luckily, my friend Cassie is moving into my house and is in need of furniture and vacuums and whatnot, and so I won't have to move every last little thing out, which is awesome. Because I have a lot of stuff. It's quite the no bueno.
By the way, if anyone needs a piano or various Swarovski knick knacks, let me know:)
Other things I need to get in order:
-omiyage (gifts to give to coworkers, neighbors, etc.). Also, pictures and whatnot to show my classes about my life. Apparently I have to do a lot of self-introduction so I'll probably be working on that on the plane.
-boxes to ship winter stuff, Herbie my stuffed moose (who is definitely coming with me), possibly my guitar, and some art supplies
-buy some businessy clothes. Not too many, Japan has awesome fashion and I'm looking forward to buying stuff there, but I'm a server and have absolutely no business appropriate attire so I need a base. Especially pants, as I am a giant cow in Japan and none of the pants will fit me. And shoes, as I have clown feet ::shout out to my parents for that one :) ::
-pick up currency I ordered from the bank.
-buy a computer... which I actually did a few days ago. (Thank you, Barnes-again-for selling me the wrong one. It was quite the happy accident:)) A computer is uber necessary for keeping in touch.
-boring stuff: sell my car, cancel things like insurance, cell phone, et. al.
Quite the list, really. It doesn't look like it, but I promise you, it is.