Well, after what seems like forever I finally found out more about my placement! Not a moment too soon either, since it is now just 23 days (DAYS) until I leave the country…. holy crap, 23 days.. Anyone need a car?
OK so I haven’t OFFICIALLY been told where I am going yet, so there is still a bit of trepidation in the back of my mind that says oh dear, what if they change it last minute! So, take this as a warning that although I am 99% sure the following is my house, I might end up in a dumpy 1 room apartment yet!
So a week or two ago I got a message from a girl on facebook asking me if I knew any more information about where I was going, because she was looking for her successor and I might be it. Unfortunately I was more in the dark so I couldn’t help at the time. She got back to me a week or so later though, with great news that I was in fact her successor, which is bloody awesome for me since it seems like my living conditions are at the top of the possibility tree!
So, that’s my house and car! There are videos of it too but since they belong not to me, not even to my predecessor, but the person before that, I don’t think I’ll post those 
I’ll do my own when I get there.
The best part about the house and car is the fact that its all frikken cheap! The car is going to cost me 129,000Y straight up (about ~$1300), which is not all that much since it has a year of shakken on it (think a 2 yearly mandatory EXPENSIVE roadworthy). The house is.. wait for it… NOTHING! No bond, no key money (think non-refundable bond), and NO RENT! I’m kind of shocked at that, especially looking at the size of the house.. if it is as big as it looks I’ll need someone to live there with me so it doesn’t echo so much…
My pred also said that the BoE (my employer) would probably cover some of my travel costs since I work not only in my own town but one next to me as well.. apparently I can expect to visit 9 schools all together.. crazy.
The only downers I garnered from my pred when we had a chat are that:
1. One of my main schools has kids from hell in it – lucky I have a thick skin! The rest of the schools are meant to be great too, so I’ll be ok there, and
2. It gets frikken cold in the winter, which has me more worried. Despite the fact that I am a very big guy, I really feel the cold and I hate it. My pred didn’t use kerosene heaters but I will have to seriously consider it.. and buy more warm clothes 
I guess that’s it for now.. the first of our training session/get together things is at the consulate this Saturday so that should be interesting… other than that it’s just a matter of buying about 50 billion more items of clothing and dealing with my 30 billion accounts and other things I have to close in the next 20 days… :s
