The temperature is continuing to drop, with the added bonus of a little bit of rain yesterday. Today it is windy, and next week has even colder temperatures in the forecast. It might be time to bust out the electric blanket.
Kuniko and I will be a little busy with parties this weekend. Tonight I’ll go drinking with a couple of my irregular drinking buddies – one is an ex-student and one is a current one. They’ve got a interesting chemistry when they are together, and it is kind of like drinking with a couple of deadpan comedians. Usually we switch between English and Japanese which makes it good for my speaking and listening practice as well.
Tomorrow Kuniko invited me to join her in walking through the Kobe Luminaries. They light up the streets and people line up for hours to walk through and take lots of pictures. It’s considered pretty romantic, but I always knock it for the time it takes to get through the line. I’m putting my cynicism behind me tomorrow, and we’ll go out and enjoy it. I think we’ll hit a bar before to fortify ourselves for a long wait in the cold.
