Apparently the rainy season is still about a month away, but you wouldn’t know it looking out the window. It is pouring rain today, just like it was pouring rain yesterday. The forecast is rain the rest of the week, as well. Ugh. I must wear a tie to work until the “Cool Biz” program kicks on June 1st. It’s an interesting insight into Japanese culture that no matter what the temperature might be in May, the ties must stay on until June 1st.
But now the humidity is really high because of the rain, and the temperature is also fairly warm. That means hot, wet and sticky. I’ll just have to get through the rest of this month wearing ties, and then it will be sweet relief.
We hosted a couple of parties at our place during the Golden Week. On Tuesday night Yoshi and Akira came over for grilled carne asada tacos, and we spent most of the evening playing Wii and drinking way too much. Mamiko couldn’t make it because she had a bit of a stomachache, but I think she’s feeling better now.
Also Mr. Tojo and his wife came over. We introduced them to Mexican food, and I think they liked it, but I’m not entirely sure. They were really friendly and I think they’ll make good neighbors. They live just a minute or two walk from our place, and are really friendly. They also enjoy drinking – we killed four bottles of red between the four of us, on top of the beer and cocktails that we started with. I guess that it’s good that they live just down the street – it was an easy walk back home for them.
OK, time to face the rain (and the sweat).
