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Dear Aya,

It is getting to be afternoon. I cannot truly say how long I have waited outside the Kazenotanpopo Okiya, the place which will become my new home, but it hardly matters to me at the moment. All I can think of is how this will be a step to fulfilling my dream...

I am tired Aya, and I hope the Okaa-san doesn't order me to scrub the floors upon entering. I will if she asks, but I would rather not, sometimes I feel as though my eyes have leaden weights to them. There are times when I worry that the maiko and geisha will not be kind...that the other maids will tease me...but mother wasn't like that...and mother knew many geisha, maiko, and maids who were not like that. I must be getting paranoid...

I saw people today; I wonder if one of them might become a patron or danna of mine in the future...the thought is surprising and slightly strange, but not unwanted. There are some that I would like to have as a danna, but mostly, I would just like to become a geisha and say that I have walked the long and difficult path to become one. Mother said I was too hopelessly romantic, wishing that my future danna would love me...I remember pointing out to her that her danna fell in love with her and married her as well...I miss Kaa-san...

Aya-chan, I'm getting so sleepy...but I can't sleep...not out here anyway. Hopefully someone will come by soon....

Yours faithfully,
Mizu