ahhhhk! aAAAAaaaaAAAAhhhhhhh!

Ok, so before I can write anything else in my blog I must share this dear readers... Saturday I went to my Himeji dojo with Tom and had a splendid time being thrown across the mat. After class, I was figuring talking with my friend Masahide when one of my Senseis, Jikuhara Sensei, came over to relay some news. It went like this:

"?????(japanese)???? testing ???(japanese)???? you ????Shodan?????(japanese)??????? March. Okay?"

What? errr, no? Wait, what? March? Not the more distant/preparable September?
Oh my god oh my god oh my god. Can't be right. Maybe they're just testing me. I'll just go to class Monday and see if anyone mentions it. So I made it through class without it coming up, until after class Masahide comes up to me:

"sooooo, shodan. Zagi one two three four. Hamni Handachi one minute. Standing four minutes."

Ahk! It's worse than expected! Maybe I can start going to the Friday Shodan's only class to help prepare. ahhhhhhhh. This and MCAT in April. ok, off to nihongo lessons.

wish me luck, or as my supervisor said, ganbatte... I'll need it.