Happy Anniversary
Happy Anniversary to me and Kikugawa, Japan today. Crazy that it has been an entire year since my life in Japan began. The head of my office today took me out and bought my lunch in celebration. The meal screwed my new diet, but I couldn't exactly say, "Sorry, don't buy me lunch." Ah, sweet sugar. I am back on track tonight. Funny story: we were the only two customers at the restaurant. The cook handed us a variety of magazines to look through while we waited for our shrimp pilaf. I found one that looked like a young woman's fashion magazine. It was, with the exception of a few page spreadout of drawings describing about 10 sex positions and directions for women on how to please themselves with various objects. Wow. Talk about surprising reading material and right there in front of my boss, too!
I have been quite emotional, crying at the drop of a hat recently. This emotional behavior is not my style and doesn't happen so often. It started last week after I finished a book and was sobbing uncontrollably afterwards. I started downloading some Sex and the City episodes the past couple nights, and you know you are down when even those episodes make you cry. Adding to the crying is my mold situation. While the majority of it has been controlled, the nasty stuff has not gone away completely. I keep cleaning and cleaning, using the air con, putting stuff in more sunlight, blah, and nothing is helping. And why should I care if everything rots since stuff is just stuff? I am battling nature and nature is winning, as it always will.
Last weekend was a summer festival here in town. Anita came along. We had dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Oka, then headed to the festival to try and see some people I know. But it was dark and I had troubles seeing anyone until I was right in front of their face. There were tons of people there, though. More than I have ever seen at any of the festivals here. I did hunt down Takami, though, as I wanted Anita to meet him. He had been drinking a little but was in a splended mood and attempted to use as much English as he knew in front of her. It was really cute because he was trying very hard and really smily. He invited us to a party with and some of those people I used to play badminton with following the cleanup at 11pm and said he would walk back home with us. So Anita and I went back to my house to rest and then walked in the pitch black to where the party was being held. The party was a nice change of pace and really enjoyable. I haven't hung out with those people in a long time. Nearly all of them are in their mid-upper 20s and single. They have always been open to me and have never made me feel like an outcast. We got to practice a bit of Japanese and they got to practice a bit of English. Takami, Anita, and I headed back about 1:30 and stopped off at Family Mart for ice cream and water. We chatted in my house for awhile before we all kind of drifted off in a sleep. It was a lovely, memorable evening.
I don't even care that it is hot and humid right now. I am just so happy to see the sun. I remember many bright, sunny (albeit hot) summer days last August when I would hop on my bike and go exploring town after work. The glorious sun is shining, my low mood has been lifted, and all is right with the world...for the moment.
I have been quite emotional, crying at the drop of a hat recently. This emotional behavior is not my style and doesn't happen so often. It started last week after I finished a book and was sobbing uncontrollably afterwards. I started downloading some Sex and the City episodes the past couple nights, and you know you are down when even those episodes make you cry. Adding to the crying is my mold situation. While the majority of it has been controlled, the nasty stuff has not gone away completely. I keep cleaning and cleaning, using the air con, putting stuff in more sunlight, blah, and nothing is helping. And why should I care if everything rots since stuff is just stuff? I am battling nature and nature is winning, as it always will.
Last weekend was a summer festival here in town. Anita came along. We had dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Oka, then headed to the festival to try and see some people I know. But it was dark and I had troubles seeing anyone until I was right in front of their face. There were tons of people there, though. More than I have ever seen at any of the festivals here. I did hunt down Takami, though, as I wanted Anita to meet him. He had been drinking a little but was in a splended mood and attempted to use as much English as he knew in front of her. It was really cute because he was trying very hard and really smily. He invited us to a party with and some of those people I used to play badminton with following the cleanup at 11pm and said he would walk back home with us. So Anita and I went back to my house to rest and then walked in the pitch black to where the party was being held. The party was a nice change of pace and really enjoyable. I haven't hung out with those people in a long time. Nearly all of them are in their mid-upper 20s and single. They have always been open to me and have never made me feel like an outcast. We got to practice a bit of Japanese and they got to practice a bit of English. Takami, Anita, and I headed back about 1:30 and stopped off at Family Mart for ice cream and water. We chatted in my house for awhile before we all kind of drifted off in a sleep. It was a lovely, memorable evening.
I don't even care that it is hot and humid right now. I am just so happy to see the sun. I remember many bright, sunny (albeit hot) summer days last August when I would hop on my bike and go exploring town after work. The glorious sun is shining, my low mood has been lifted, and all is right with the world...for the moment.
posted by Ang at 2:56 PM
1 Comments:
your blog is so refreshing and honest lately!! ah, sugoi. that sounds like a perfect evening would loved to have come too if i had been about. anyway, i think a holiday back home is just what ytou need right now.. i know how much i needed this holiday away from japan... and its doing the trick very well!! definitely good to have occasional breaks from japan, just to keep everything in the right perspective and meet new people, see new things!!
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