We kept waking up last night as the wind rattled the windows and howled outside. I asked Kuniko if we had left the laundry out, and without saying a word she went outside, gathered it up, and brought it inside. I’m not sure if she was even awake.
Kuniko showed me how the timer works on the heater so we’ve got it turning on 15-20 minutes before we wake up, and it makes it a whole lot easier to get out of bed when you know there is a warm kitchen waiting for you.
We walked together to the train station right into the freezing wind, and it was burning our faces – it hurt so much. We had gloves and big jackets, but we didn’t bring our scarves. Tomorrow the wind is supposed to die down, so I’m looking forward to that.
At school I arrived, warmed up by the heater, made myself a cup of cocoa, and then sat at my desk and realized that there is no real reason to study today. I’ve been studying towards the test for so long that now it feels refreshing to be able to relax a bit. I decided today to just think about what I want to study over the next year, choose what to focus on, and think about new strategies. It was nice to sit back and think for a while.
I worked a little bit on a project to update the English language version of our school brochure, and also did some marking of exams. I left without guilt in the afternoon, and did a little bit of shopping at Ito Yokado before coming home and cleaning up there.
Kuniko is going to get off early today, and together we are probably going to head over to the yakitori tonight and drink with Yamamoto sensei and Maeda sensei. They really got along well with the yakitori guys during our wedding party, so it’ll be nice for them to check out the food. Yamamoto sensei was funny – he said that he doesn’t drink and he doesn’t eat chicken – those are the two main staples of any yakitori. We’ll have to find some other things on the menu for him…
