We woke up early this morning because Kuniko had to go to work. We were both kind of hoping that the typhoon would come early and she’d get a day off, but it was running late, so she had to go. Bummer!
I headed up on the train to Kobe, and then had a snack at McDonald’s while I waited for the CD store to open. When it did I exchanged my CDs, and headed back to Kuniko’s empty place and slipped the new CD in her mailbox. At least she’ll get to listen to it tonight.
From there I headed back, well ahead of any signs of typhoon. The skies were calm, and it was just a bit windy, but nothing to worry about.
I talked to my folks on the phone, and spent the afternoon relaxing and doing some pleasure reading. I secured some items out on my balcony, just in case. For dinner I made three or four rice balls that turned out nicely.
Then the typhoon arrived.
Holy crap! Even now it’s blowing harder than any wind I’ve ever seen. Lots of junk from my neighbor’s balcony is landing in mine, and every once in a while you can hear sirens from emergency vehicles. I went outside on my porch to check it out, but I could barely get the door open, and when I was out there, lots of leaves and branches were flying around. I think I’ll stay inside until things calm down.
I sent off a message to Kuniko to see how she was doing – I imagined her holed up in her place like me, but she had gotten off work and was going drinking with some of her co-workers. It’s just a typhoon, nothing to get worked up about. I guess I would probably act the same about an earthquake.
Well, it’s blowing like crazy and I should probably save this entry before the power goes out. See you in Oz!
