Hotashi

I woke up to a full blown thurnderstorm this morning. I don’t think that has ever happened before. Normally I feel quite down when we have rainy weather, but this time I feel quite relaxed by it. We’ve gotten a lot more rain than usual this summer and it’s a nice change from the droughts we’ve been having over the past couple of years. I remember how everyone’s lawns would be yellow and crispy, and now they are green and lucious. So beautiful! I hope we have more summers like this. I’m sure all those people who have to actually go outside today are glaring at me. =P

I moved back to Waterloo today and plan on staying here until my lease is up at the end of August. I met up with one of my MA friends and we walked around the area for two and a half hours just catching up on things. It was nice to be able to do that again (being at home made me have a very limited social life). I’m partially happy to know that I’m ahead of so many others in our program with the progress of my research. But I’m still worried about not being able to graduate on time. I’m in a stage now where I can’t really do much and I need to wait on a couple of things before I can get cracking on analysis and writing. I’m trusting God and trying not to worry.

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Don’t you hate it when you have so many ideas for posts but when it comes time to sit down and write one you can’t remember any of them? *sigh* I need to carry around a pad of paper all the time so that I can jot down important things.

So I was sick for a week after getting back from Ottawa. It really sucked. I couldn’t do anything and I’m behind in my readings. I don’t think it’s possible to catch up anyway, so I’ll just have to ignore some of them. My cold seemed quite common too - sore throat, loss of voice, fever, fatigue. It wasn’t the worst cold to have, but it definately prevented me from being productive. The weather for tomorrow doesn’t seem to be too pleasant and I think there is a good chance for another snowday. We had one last Friday, which was annoying because 1) I was already home that day from being sick, and 2) I don’t have classes on Fridays anyway. Poo! I’ll be pissed if the weather sucks and school is still open. I hate when they do that. >=/

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Hooray! After a good 15 minutes of struggling, I finally got my hello kitty charm back on its ring. Maki’s dad brought us some cell phone charms (I don’t know if that’s what they’re called) from Kyoto when he came to visit her a few months ago. I picked a special Kyoto edition of Hello Kitty in a kimono. So cute! I was really sad when Hello Kitty fell off the ring a few weeks ago and I couldn’t figure out how to put her back on. Well, I struggled and endured some chips to my nails, but I did it. I’m so happy now. =)

This picture was obviously taken in early October, but I didn’t want to take a new one. =P

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Today we set back the clock an hour for Daylight Saving Time. Btw, it is Saving not Savings! So we got an extra hour to our day. And what do most people do with their extra hour? Well sleep of course =P. Jack came up this weekend to visit and I got to spend my annual extra hour with him. Is there anyone else I would rather spend it with? Cuddling with my honey makes me happy. ^_^

Btw, Jack and I moved my desk around my room and now it looks so much bigger! I’m very satisfied with it. And now I can look out the window into the sky and my bare but beautiful maple tree. *happy sigh* Oh, and in the process of moving the desk a shelf from the side part of the desk slipped out and landed on my toe. It hurt pretty badly. I’m hoping that it doesn’t bruise…I heard those are painful. I can’t really tell what effect it’s had (other than a huge dent on my toenail) because I have nailpolish on. Thank God for toenails. If that had hit on the flesh…ooh, I don’t want to think about it. >_<

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There is something very satisfying about eating rice with chopsticks. I’m usually given a spoon or a fork whenever I go to a Chinese, Japanese or Korean restaurant. I don’t blame them. The first time I went to a Korean restaurant was before I knew how to use chopsticks and I struggled to eat my blackbean noodles with two spoons (those long-ass soup spoons you get at Korean restaurants, at that). The waitress politely asked if I wanted a fork, which I was grateful for. I was still very shy at that point and actually conversing with someone I didn’t know scared the crap out of me. Now that I’ve learned how to use chopsticks, I have more than any sane person needs. Although, my fiance’s family has an entire drawer full of them in their kitchen.

One of my roommates had never really seen chopsticks before in her life (surprise, surprise) and I showed her how to hold and use them. She couldn’t stop laughing. At the time I didn’t know if I should feel insulted or if I should just brush it off as another part of her childish insensitivity. She still doesn’t believe how useful they are. Her loss, I guess. Sometimes though, I wish I could use them to stab certain people in the eye…but I’m sure that breaks some rule of chopstick etiquette.

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