A mistake has been made !!!! ... Subtitled: Leveled up, unlocked "Senior Companion" status

5/17
Good morning, everyone. I would have started this email a little earlier, but I was a little busy. Transfer announcements have been made. Yaaay. I ...I'm staying in Imabari. It's a party. Unfortunately, the party will soon be one nihonjin less than it was. :(  :((( Dang. :( My companion is being transeferred.

Well, there was a small mistake in the transfer announcements, so I might keep F. Shimai, yet :D
Here is my letter to my mission president explaining the problem, and looking to clear things up:

"Dear W. Kaichou :D

Today is a very sad, sad day, but I know that F. Shimai will be in good hands with her new companion N. Shimai. (Actually, I'm kind of jealous - I love N. Shimai.)

This week was truly miraculous. I don't know how, but we ended up with many more lessons than we expected...I am happy.

Well, if I got to keep my dearest beloved companion, I'd be REALLY happy, but I'm happy nonetheless.

Speaking of transfers, I wanted to say thank you to all the people in office that make them happen :D However, it would seem that there was a pretty serious mistake made in the notices. You see, I don't have a companion. 

Well, there's a companion written down - P. Shimai - but I don't think she's mine. you see, she's just finished training, so naturally, she's leveled up and unlocked the "JUNIOR COMPANION" status. Which is wonderful. I still remember unlocking that status 2 transfers ago (I'm only 4th transfer, and all). So that is fantastic. But being a junior companion, she'll need a senior companion, and the senior companion is leaving me to party with N. Shimai.

Another issue that I noticed is that, for some reason, there is an S(senior) where the J(junior) should be, in my "New Position" bar on the form. Which is completely understandable - when you have so many missionaries, there's bound to be a mistake or two. S and J are fairly close to each other on the keyboard. Even so, when I first saw the S, before I understood that it was a simple mistake, I felt my stomach invert. Now, I'm laughing, but for a millisecond or two, I thought you were serious. Terrifying. I laugh now, but I thought I was going to burst some rather important visceral function.

But yes, those are the issues. :D I'm sure that they can be easily resolved by sending the adorable P. Shimai to N. Shimai, and leaving F. Shimai with me :) That way, no companionship is out a senior companion and everyone is happy :)

Hahahaha. Senior companion. I was scared for a moment there."


Haha, indeed. Hopefully that one will get resolved soon.

Technical difficulties aside, our week's been pretty great.