Pictures of my apartment and the surrounding areas. ^_^ ❤ Continue reading
I always feel that the best way to learn something, is to teach it to someone else. So, today, with the thought of being a good sempai – if only by a few days – I took Angela, the newest ALT to a store in the opposite direction from Falulu with the intent to buy … Continue reading
The last few days around little Tyler, Texas, have been very full for me. They have been wonderful, chalked with self-induced sunshine and barrel-belly laughter. Ignoring my packing… Continue reading
For some reason, I have felt that my job in Japan is to torture my body. Hahahaha! But truly, living here has forced me to reassess what I have believed my body capable of. Yamathon is a marathon only in name really. A marathon is normally 26 miles, but the Yamathon is (if you follow … Continue reading
The end of April draws to a close. So many things have happened. Spring is running madly past me and in marches Summer. Oh summer…I do not covet the heat you will bring, but I am dearly in want of my parents!! They will come to get me and drag my limp body home to … Continue reading
There was ONE thing I never wanted to experience in Japan; there was only one. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve said it or how many people I have said it to. I was DESPERATELY EMPHATIC about it. Some of you will know since I’m sure I told you! I did not want … Continue reading
We don’t get a lot of snow in Texas. In fact, when it snows in Texas we shut everything down. I’ve lived there for so long that I can tell when a snow will stick, if it has been warm enough, or even if the schools are going to close. The thing is, it snows … Continue reading
I wanted to see Kyoto in the fall. I wanted to see the Kyoto I’d heard could make you cry because of the intensity of the momiji -“red leaves”. The tradition of visiting a place in order to see leaves that have turned for autumn is called momijigari –a combination of the words momiji and kari “hunting”. … Continue reading
Every year a group of older Japanese people, most of who are a part of the international group here, get together and go on a trip. They invite ALTs in order to study English and travel together. While I’ve run into some issues with a few of them, I went last year and again this … Continue reading
The trip down was more of a continuous fall that shoved your toes into the fronts of your boots. There was the constant fear of falling because it was steep enough you felt your balance was in danger and the rocks and loose dirt were large and loose enough you either rolled your ankles or … Continue reading
After a six hour rest which felt half that time, we started out again for the top at 1:30am. One of the most beautiful sights met me as I moved around in the chill. (It grew colder the higher you climbed.) Because we were moving up the mountain in the darkness, everyone had LED headlamps … Continue reading
Sometimes not having any idea what you’re doing works in your favor. This was the ultimate lesson I took away from climbing Mount Fuji last Monday. I have never been on a hike in my life, but one of the objectives I have while living in Japan is to DO THINGS. So, when Jenny from … Continue reading
a Pit Stop Over the Pacific 