the japanese school got back to me, they'll wait for my health certificate for as long as it takes (basically). i made sure to subtly-ish tell them it's all their fault that i'm late (because they didn't give me enough time to get the paper!! swedish clinics are slow!).  i don't want to be mean but i also don't want them to think it's MY fault, or think that they can do this to other exchange students in the future.

my classes are all finished, i passed everything no problem. however, as usual, no one i ended up making friends with during the class passed - if they'll pass the retake exam remains to be seen (but i haven't heard about them studying for it even though i offered to study with one of them so... they seem to be focusing on doing/redoing their late homework instead of studying for the final exam).

now i'm worried about this JLPT test, there's about 3 weeks left until it happens and i'm still not prepared. what i really have to focus on now is grammar and listening - i'm not sure there's much i can do for the "long reading" section. i'm making it a goal to read 1 chapter of manga a day (i tried for a half-volume before but it ate up ALL my time) while looking up ALL the words i don't know or am uncertain about, and starting today/tomorrow i'm going to add in all the "grammar" i don't know to a memrise list and study it, since i don't think i can just pick it up from reading manga (in time). then i downloaded a "watch asian dramas!" app and i'm listening to the episodes with headphones via my smartphone while i do other stuff like cooking, hopefully it'll help my listening skills despite that there's so many words i don't know.