Oops.

Well, I somehow got it into my head that I was leaving August 20th, but now, looking over all my paperwork, it's actually the 30th. Which makes much more sense considering the dates they gave us for when classes and Nanzan orientation starts, and stuff.

I already emailed work, though, and told them I'd have to stop working August 9th (family reunion from the 10th-15th and I figured I'd need the three or four days in the middle there to pack).  So now I'm like should email them back and say 'oh wait I was wrong' and use my unpaid vacation days for the family reunion and work the week after it because because I probably need money... Or just wimp out and take less time working at a lousy workplace.
It's almost two whole weeks... I should email them and tell them I made a mistake. 
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Okay, so that's done and hopefully no one at work will be mad at me.  I just hope this job won't be miserable.  More money = good. 
Now I just need to change the date I wrote on one form and take it to FedEx to overnight mail it to IES's office in Chicago.
Then tomorrow I'm getting a physical and mailing that form in. 
Yesterday I started looking at all the kanji I need to know for my placement test, and it's not as many as I thought it would be.  Mostly review, which makes sense, since they use the same textbook as we do for the first two classes. 
I also called the consulate in Chicago and asked about how to go about applying for a visa and it's actually much simpler than I thought it would be, which is always nice.  Too bad I won't be able to do that until a few weeks before I actually leave, when I get my Certificate of Eligibility in the mail.
So. Business.  Getting taken care of, slowly but surely.