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I don't understand how soooooo much snot can come out of my nose and my head and sinuses can still be soooo clogged. I feel like my head is going to explode and that Bryan will have to clean my brains off of the wall of his apartment when he gets home because they will have splattered everywhere.
So, today is the first day of はるやすみ! (Spring Break!). Everybody else is going to exciting places like Tokyo and Okinawa, but I feel more than content to be sitting here in front of the computer writing in my LiveJournal (something I rarely have the time to do). And, even though I have a really bad earache and my head is all clogged up, I am looking forward to the week. Hopefully, the weather will improve so that Bryan and I can travel to Kobe on Monday. I really want to go to the Chinatown there, although Bryan's Japan book says it doesn't rival other Chinatowns... but I am not a well-traveled person, so I'm sure it will blow my mind!
I've tried to plan out my week off: Tomorrow, a going-away party with Bryan for someone I don't know; Monday, a day trip to Kobe; Tuesday, a trip to Osaka-jo Castle; Wednesday, Spa World (public bath with a water park on the top floor); Thursday (a national holiday), a trip to Horyu-ji Castle and an art exhibit near Shinsaibashi; Friday, a hike around Fushimi-Inari. And Saturday, I'm taking a trip with a couple of friends to Shikoku to see two natural なると (whirlpools) and bathe in a traditional おんせん (public bath). Finally, the most exciting of the events happens on Sunday, when Bryan and I are going to see Animal Collective in concert!! I've been waiting to see them, and Bryan got me a ticket to go with him for my Valentine's Day gift. I can hardly contain myself just thinking about it!
We'll see how much of that I actually accomplish; I would like to have some time to rest as well. But, I'm in JAPAN! I can sleep when I'm dead.
Things have been going well here, for the most part. Of course, I have told myself to try to write in my LiveJournal when I'm in a good mood from now on... I may or may achieve that goal.
I miss you!
So, today is the first day of はるやすみ! (Spring Break!). Everybody else is going to exciting places like Tokyo and Okinawa, but I feel more than content to be sitting here in front of the computer writing in my LiveJournal (something I rarely have the time to do). And, even though I have a really bad earache and my head is all clogged up, I am looking forward to the week. Hopefully, the weather will improve so that Bryan and I can travel to Kobe on Monday. I really want to go to the Chinatown there, although Bryan's Japan book says it doesn't rival other Chinatowns... but I am not a well-traveled person, so I'm sure it will blow my mind!
I've tried to plan out my week off: Tomorrow, a going-away party with Bryan for someone I don't know; Monday, a day trip to Kobe; Tuesday, a trip to Osaka-jo Castle; Wednesday, Spa World (public bath with a water park on the top floor); Thursday (a national holiday), a trip to Horyu-ji Castle and an art exhibit near Shinsaibashi; Friday, a hike around Fushimi-Inari. And Saturday, I'm taking a trip with a couple of friends to Shikoku to see two natural なると (whirlpools) and bathe in a traditional おんせん (public bath). Finally, the most exciting of the events happens on Sunday, when Bryan and I are going to see Animal Collective in concert!! I've been waiting to see them, and Bryan got me a ticket to go with him for my Valentine's Day gift. I can hardly contain myself just thinking about it!
We'll see how much of that I actually accomplish; I would like to have some time to rest as well. But, I'm in JAPAN! I can sleep when I'm dead.
Things have been going well here, for the most part. Of course, I have told myself to try to write in my LiveJournal when I'm in a good mood from now on... I may or may achieve that goal.
I miss you!