learning things the hard way is how some people grow up and mature.  it's a pain and very hard to get over the mistakes you make and continuously try to pick yourself off the ground when life deals you a sucker punch to the gut.  i get tired of being so guarded all the time, so when things are a bit more stable and i'm more relaxed, i trust a ( Read more... )

just got an email saying that i didn't get the job.  am i surprised?  well, yes and no.  i was actually more surprised when they went over their deadline of getting back to me to see if i got the job or not.  it's not Japanese-like to tell you they'd contact you on a certain day and then not do it along with not returning your calls.  that put a ( Read more... )

this has been an up and down week.  it started with an up when we had our end of the year dinner on Tuesday for the daycare staff.  i had a half day then, so i was lucky enough to go back home and get spruced up unlike some of my other coworkers.  i also left Kay in hubs' care that night, so i was free to talk with my coworkers and actually *gasp* ( Read more... )

i had a pretty rough first week of December considering that i got sick again.  although, i think my immune system is starting to get used to the germs here in Japan, because instead of 2 weeks for myself to fully recover like the last time i got sick, it took about 4-5 days to pretty much get over most of my symptoms.  i guess i caught it early ( Read more... )

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Karma bit me in the butt today, or rather had someone spew water all over the back of me while i was sitting in front of them on the bus.  :(  the girl had sneezed with some water in her mouth and ended up spitting it all over the side of my window, back of my seat, aaaand the back of my head and shoulders.

initial thought: "man, am i glad i'm ( Read more... )

despite that i'm over my cold now, i've been waking up dizzy these past couple of Sundays.  last week, i had a headache that didn't help me relax on the only day that i have off during the week.  today, i woke up early to a nice bright and sunny day.  scooched over to cuddle with hubs on the futon.  i tried turning over but then felt my vertigo ( Read more... )

my nose won't stop running!!! DX  *cough cough blow nose sneeze ( Read more... )

okay, so now that i have enough time to update on the Halloween Party at the daycare, photobucket decides to shut down...grr.. the site's still not up yet, so i guess i'll just have to post pics later then ( Read more... )

for once, i'm on time!! XD ( Read more... )