My friends a little north of me got snow this weekend...all I got was icy rain that sucked the heat out of my apartment so that I had to turn on the heater. Been fine without it all week. Figures.
They got snow back home(bet their glad for the lockdown so that only two or three have to go places)so I'm a little jealous. Though it would probably still be just as cold and melt fast if we got any here.
Trees are getting beautiful. Spring is really going now despite the cold. One of my friends had a video of the cherry blossoms falling with the snow. Really cool.
Seems my siblings are having car problems again...meaning that my car is getting used(no complaints from me)but now they have to work out who gets to use it when. I don't know how one of them did what they did to their car, but it sounds like a pain to fix.
Start of week two of 'spring break' for us english teaching aides...Hoping to have a fun evening with two friends playing games and watching movies. Be very bored otherwise.
Downsides to losing weight in Japan:
1. hard to find clothes in your size given they use a different system.
2. hard to find clothes because they are built differently(granted, it's tricky back home too).
3. still get very hungry sometimes
4. can't afford new clothes all at once so I have to make do with baggy ones for a while...
5. and I'm just being silly right now while debating about lunch options...
Sunday, March 29, 2020
Friday, March 20, 2020
AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!
Good grief, is this going to get better yet?!
Now the US is up to level 3(technically the world is) so travel is being really restricted so I cancelled my flight home(still in the works actually, have to wait for the poor overworked CS people to get to it). My parents finally got theirs to Japan cancelled. Sigh....
School's officially out, though no students for most of the last three weeks. Just my last day for the school year was yesterday. Hard though, as that school's closing down so I probably won't see the teachers again...students either. Wish for pictures...they are a bit touchy about pictures of students here. Privacy is big to them. So I'm not angry, just sad.
Getting the sacrament is fun...have to meet up with a small group(still no large group gatherings here) somewhere to get it. But we do Zoom meetings and those are fun.
Have three fiction books to read, but I feel like Tangled 'reread the books if I have time to spare'. Read them so many times I'd rather not. Do have church related stuff that's not worn out to me yet. Been listening to the Saints volume one on the church website while doing cross stitch, so that's a fun sunday thing.
Weather's warming up though, so hoping to get together with friends more while we're all bored waiting for next school year to start. Have an elephant reserve to visit...maybe Kyoto if it's safe...
Earthquake in Utah damaged the temple...scary. The tornado quite a while back completely missed it so this is a little worrying. They just shut it down to remodel for earthquakes too....Divine inspiration at work...sounds like no one got hurt there...Poor Moroni lost his horn. Hope that's an easy fix.
Now the US is up to level 3(technically the world is) so travel is being really restricted so I cancelled my flight home(still in the works actually, have to wait for the poor overworked CS people to get to it). My parents finally got theirs to Japan cancelled. Sigh....
School's officially out, though no students for most of the last three weeks. Just my last day for the school year was yesterday. Hard though, as that school's closing down so I probably won't see the teachers again...students either. Wish for pictures...they are a bit touchy about pictures of students here. Privacy is big to them. So I'm not angry, just sad.
Getting the sacrament is fun...have to meet up with a small group(still no large group gatherings here) somewhere to get it. But we do Zoom meetings and those are fun.
Have three fiction books to read, but I feel like Tangled 'reread the books if I have time to spare'. Read them so many times I'd rather not. Do have church related stuff that's not worn out to me yet. Been listening to the Saints volume one on the church website while doing cross stitch, so that's a fun sunday thing.
Weather's warming up though, so hoping to get together with friends more while we're all bored waiting for next school year to start. Have an elephant reserve to visit...maybe Kyoto if it's safe...
Earthquake in Utah damaged the temple...scary. The tornado quite a while back completely missed it so this is a little worrying. They just shut it down to remodel for earthquakes too....Divine inspiration at work...sounds like no one got hurt there...Poor Moroni lost his horn. Hope that's an easy fix.
Monday, March 2, 2020
World War Z
Am I weird because this Coronavirus scare reminds me of that movie? Of course, minus the total society collapse and biting zombies. But the rush for things to stock pile is a little annoying. Every store I know of is out of toilet paper, tissues, and (not all on this one) Paper towels. I have plenty of the latter two, but a little low on toilet paper. Should still be good for a while, but I don't like leaving it this long.
It also got the trip to Japan and cruise tour my parents and siblings planned on cancelled. Yeah, guess which ship it was going to be on?
But I can go home instead, though I'll have less time given the way my work schedule goes. At least the tickets were cheaper than usual.
Schools being cancelled is just for students at the moment. We teachers still have to go prep stuff for graduations and next school year. Downside is there is no school lunch so I have to remember to bring one. One of my coworkers already does that so no big deal for them.
Got to love winter in Japan. Had one attempt at snow fall(didn't stick and only lasted about an hour) and otherwise it just rains. The cold drizzle that's worse than snow. And I get to walk at least 10-15 minutes in it. 50 if I miss the bus. The wind is not nice either...
Hope it warms up tomorrow....
It also got the trip to Japan and cruise tour my parents and siblings planned on cancelled. Yeah, guess which ship it was going to be on?
But I can go home instead, though I'll have less time given the way my work schedule goes. At least the tickets were cheaper than usual.
Schools being cancelled is just for students at the moment. We teachers still have to go prep stuff for graduations and next school year. Downside is there is no school lunch so I have to remember to bring one. One of my coworkers already does that so no big deal for them.
Got to love winter in Japan. Had one attempt at snow fall(didn't stick and only lasted about an hour) and otherwise it just rains. The cold drizzle that's worse than snow. And I get to walk at least 10-15 minutes in it. 50 if I miss the bus. The wind is not nice either...
Hope it warms up tomorrow....
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