We're coming for you Fuji-San
So at the beginning of the week the wife and I watched Toradora, a romantic comedy about people meeting, falling in love, and enjoying the rest of their life. It really is a great series. I love it, and would recommend it. When it was over, it set off a massive wave of depression in me. It is weird how sometimes the most innocuous (or even enjoyable) things can affect you sometimes. Lately I’ve felt like a the arrow of a a broken compass, just spinning, and spinning, and spinning…
So, Gabi and I have been re-evaluating where we are with our life. She asked me what do I want to do, and where do I want to go with it. I have four serious goals in life, and a bucket list of things that I would like to do. I have achieved some of the things on my bucket list, but none of the serious goals. I’ve crossed off my share on the bucket list, though. I talked to Gabi about this, and we looked at our goals as a people, and as a family.
One of things on my bucket list ties in real well with two of my life goals. So we decided that we are going to eventually climb Mount Fuji, well, not eventually. We want to aim for the summer of 2016. Will it be easy? No. We will have a lot of hurtles to get passed before we can actually climb the mountain? Absolutely, but this is doable for us. When I was in Japan ten years ago, the plan was to climb Mount Fuji, but on the weekend that I was supposed to climb the mountain it rained, heavily. They closed it down for the weekend, and it was the last weekend to climb. I wouldn’t have been prepared for it anyway. If I had the opportunity to climb today, I wouldn’t be able to. I’m simply not prepared for it. That isn't the end of the world, however. I have three years to prepare, and I know that I can prepare.
First off, I’m going to have to lose weight. I’m a big guy, and Fuji is a 12 hour walk right up a mountain. I’m not going to be able to do that at my current weight, but that is okay, I have some time to lose the weight.
Second: I’m going to need to brush up on my Japanese. My Japanese is conversational at best, but we always relied on B. when we were over there. Except when he had one of his anti-social episodes, (which certainly happened enough) then I would have to take the reins, and actually speak to the Japanese people. Either way, my Japanese is rusty compared to what it used to be. We have discussed possibly taking classes, or even trying to get to a point where we can take the JLPT N2 or N1. There are several conversation clubs throughout the city as well, so we are considering all of these things as we make our way toward the climb.
It’s good to have goals. We may not reach these goals, but it’ll be good to have something to work for never the less.
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