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Finally, after an unreasonably long time, the original Certificates of Eligibility arrived. I was operating under an enormous amount of anxiety, barely able to breathe, waiting for the Express Mail to arrive. What was promised as a sojourn of four days turned into nine! During that time, my anxiety ran the gamut from missing our plane to having the certificates lost and having to redo the entire process again! I vowed to myself that I would not go through that again.  And yet, in spite of my reluctance to relocate, here I am on the verge of following my husband to Japan. I'm still on the fence, still debating with myself, still wondering why the hell I'm doing this. I don't speak the language, and anticipate years of study before I am able to comfortably deal with the intricacies of daily living. Much as I keep claiming that I'm not committed to the move, here I am going through all the steps of moving!  I am not wearing rose-colored glasses. I am wholeheartedly aware o