Going back to school...part 2 Graduate School MEXT

So in September I will be a graduate student in Japan at International Christian University. I still can't believe that I actually able to have this opportunity. I was able to receive the MEXT scholarship that the Japanese government offers international students. My graduate school is hence free for the two years of my study for my masters degree. I know I will have to work hard but I am so grateful for this opportunity when I know how expensive school and an advanced degree can get. I'm still paying loans off from my undergraduate degree so I can't believe how blessed I am for this opportunity. I know that this will mean that I will be away from my family and my boyfriend for two more years...I just hope that I will be able to have the strength to overcome whatever these two years bring. I know I had originally wanted to go to Nanzan University's International studies program but at this point in my life I feel like my Japanese isn't up to the potential that I see it going to and I feel that at ICU I can hone my Japanese studies better than at the school I had originally planned to go to. Plus, ICU is familiar because I have studied there before and I do feel like I can gain a lot out of this opportunity.