So, I managed not to write at all during my whole term at school. In my defense I waaaas pretty busy, as I kept working 1 day a week the whole time (ug, I am getting to old for that). But yeah, 4 months have passed and I'm going back to work full time next week. Let's see what's new since last we spoke ( Read more... )

(Today's date is a palindrome! Enjoy, only 11 left in the millenium!)

Happy New Year, 良い　お年を!
December kind of rushed and dragged by! Early on in the month I got involved in the world's biggest Secret Santa Exchange, hosted by reddit.com ( Read more... )

I still exist! I forget that sometimes, but here I am ( Read more... )

Well, now it's November, and I was seriously considering doing NaNoWriMo again, buuuut...
I got a job! and will be too busy now ( Read more... )

It's a slightly drizzly Tuesday morning and I have nothing to do. I've been job-hunting, but so far nothing has panned out. The lack of anything to do has been stressing me out a bit, but as of yesterday I've decided to just enjoy this de facto vacation time while I can. And since I woke up earlier today than I expected, I can take some of my ( Read more... )

So I'm in Canada now, as you probably already know. Actually, I've been back for exactly one week today, as of one hour ago. I want to say that I'm settling into a routine, but that's not exactly true, as my routine right now consists of Unpacking, Assembling, And Setting Up Furnature. Hopefully that's not a pattern that will continue much ( Read more... )

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Ok, so you may gather by that that I'm a wee bit stressed out. I'm doing my best to be methodical about all my various preparations but sometimes find myself standing in the middle of my living room, pulling at my hair and just paralyzed with indecision. There are so many things that need to get done, but an order in which I can do them, and it's ( Read more... )

I was stopping by the JA farmer's market this morning for vegetables, and the cashier, it seems, had finally worked up the nerve to talk to me ( Read more... )

So I'm back at Daichu now and only actually have 6 more days of school. I have to see the last of my elementary schools still, so I have 4 more goodbyes to go. I've already had send-offs at 10 schools and every time it feels weirder. Partially because the send-offs are really varying in...gravitas? Like, at some schools the teachers have ( Read more... )