the end

so im not updating my blog anymore unless people sponser my run for hope international. i know this is bribing, but i have a lot of funny stories to tell.

until then

http://www.hopeglobalchallenge.com/participants.asp?id=67

its a good cause. for real. check it out!

surprisingly

so if a poll was taken to see what is the most known english phrase in japan, it would be "OH my god! (o my got -spelling like my students) everyone knows and uses this expression. it drives me nuts. 3 year olds know it. what in the world???? honestly. everyone knows and uses it. i try to change it, but they just continue to say it.

another "fun" story. today i was sitting in my gym, chatting it up with my old man friend. he told me he likes my random t shirts. expecially the facebook one. becuase it says "poke me" on the back. he took the time to tell me that this is slang for f*** me. its a funny and interesting shirt he says. uhh... thank you, old man friend? i will not be wearing that at the gym for awhile. dont want to give the old men, who can apparently read and understand (more than i give them credit for), any ideas. ill stick with the "go bobcat seniors" shirt from now on...



anyways, this week is halloween + some parent observations. which i am teaching 90% of the observation classes. im a little stressed. but i think it helps that i get to wear a giant jack-o-lantern costume all day... little kids are kind of happy, and i get to play pin the face on the jack-o-lantern. i cant wait till dec. 22 (winter vacation)

a "rex"tastic time....poor rexy!

on the way to start the hike last weekend, we had to take a bus to get there. rexy fell asleep.... my partners in crime and i took advantage of the situation...

hiking fun

jen eureka=awesome

ahahhaha. just kidding.

however i had a great great weekend! friday night, i went to the onsen (public baths) with my friend tomoko. then i got back around 1, went to bed, woke up at 5 and ran. i ran 16 miles. then i had 20 min to get a shower, pack my bag and leave to meet up with my friends. we went hiking in magome. so nice. we hiked 10km. it was so much fun. ill put up pics. then i got home, watched greys anatomy and went to bed. today, i got up, went to church, went to lunch then went to my friends house for a craft time. i love the weekends. i want to retire so everyday is the weekend!

well its late, i need to sleep, ill put up a few pics with more to come....

tuesday tuesday

its tuesday. its sunny. the weather is great.

i have to go to work now.

nothing exciting to report. had a good run today.

i need to get motivated. i need to email people, study japanese and french, and read more. i have been so lazy. time to change!

looking forward to my destination run for this coming weekend. i have some good ideas. just have to check the mileage and route!

a girl and her running backpack

i got up at 7. i ran and i ran and i ran. then i sent an email to my friend to tell him where i was. to make a long story short, i was not where i thought/or needed to be. i was far far away. so i continued running, but turned instead of straight. called my boss to see if she knew where i was. she didnt. i turned around. my choices were: backtrack 8km or try to continue and go 10km. i chose the latter. i ran some more. found a bus stop. and an older woman gardening near the bus stp. i askd her how to get to inuyama. she told me this bus wouldnt take me there. but the closest train for me to get there was 3km away. thankfully i chatted with her for a few more minutes, thinking, i can totally do another 3km. but the kindness of this woman was shown by her driving me to the station. thankfully i took off my backpack and got in the car with her. she drove me to the stn and i got on the train. i was so close. ugh. i need a gps! i made it to the stn and met my friend. whoohooo. all in all about 14.5 km

the rest of my day was eating, talking, playing wii, walking, and napping. then i returned home and watched greys anatomy.

i love my backpack. cant wait till next weeks adventure!

off to bed! i need some sleep!

destination: inuyama

tomorrow is my first destination run. im going to try to run 14.6 miles to inuyama. i have this idea that itll be real easy, however, i bet i get lost. but if i make it, i get to hang out at my friends place, shower and play wii!!!!!! whoohoooo. i have my running backpack all ready to go. its going to be the maiden voyage for my backpack, cecil. my best friend, the pink nano, will be joining us, and hopefully we wil make it to inuyama in 2.5 hours.


off to bed, to get some rest before the big trip tomorrow.

if you do stupid things....you'll probably get caught

if you are famous, you are not invincible. you cant do stupid things like drugs and expect there to be no consequences. grrr. famous people are stupid. marion jones.... did you think you werent going to get caught? cheater cheater pants on fire. give those awards to people that earned them. people that were honest and deserved them. grrr.. dont worry friends and family. when i become a famous runner, i wont take any illegal substances.

lets talk abut the chicago marathon for a moment. wow. crap. thats bad stuff. who wouldve thought that it would be 88 degrees. fortunatly most of the big races in japan are from nov-april. no hot weather then.

other news: rachael is here. she came saturday and i wore her out and we went to bed at 8 30. (i was as tired if not more- i ran 11 miles and then took a 32km bike ride before picking her up.) sunday we went to church. lunch. shopped. good dinner at willie and mimis and a movie. then it was a holiday and i had monday off. this was great! i woke up at 6 to run. it was raining. so i went back to bed. woke up at 8. still raining. went back to bed. woke up at 10. still raining, stayed up. then i was bored and it was only misting, so i did my 9 mile run. then i finally watched greys anatomy. then got ready to meet some cool friends in nagoya.

met 2 girls for dinner. we had a great time laughing and being stupid. the peole next to us brought their bear collection and ewre pretending to feed them . a little bizarre. (and i cant get a boyfriend? maybe i should bring my bears along...) then i met my other friend, chris, and we talked and laughed and called rexy. fun times.


now its tuesday and back to the grind. back to work. ugh. oh well. ill survive. maybe. but the good news is, its only a 4 day week since yesterday was a holiday. yeah!!!!!!!!!

i have run 1004 miles as of today! yes!!!!!!!

im in!

ive been picked the the lottery to run the tokyo marathon in february. out of 130,000 people who applied, 25,000 are picked. i was picked and so what my friend! whooooooooohoooooooooooooooo


now off to clean and rachael is coming tomorrow!

copy cat

copying off a friends blog, im going to make a list of true things about me. maybe you didnt know. maybe you did. here we go


1. when i am teaching, i do a race game with my students for them to arrange. i cover my eyes/face and count to 10. i really do this because i want to yawn. does that make me a bad teacher? haha

2. i like to chew the sweet generic good tasting gum (double bubble etc.) for a minute until it loses its flavor, then change pieces. i do it a lot

3. i hate toilets. 99% of the time, im a hover-er. if someone folded the toilet paper into a triangle at the end, it grosses me out because someone touched my toilet paper (in japan people always do this)

4. i take quick showers becuase i think im going to miss out on something.

5. i actually really like the mornings (once im outside and running in the coolness and peacefulness along the river.)

6. when im with japanese people, they all try and stump me with foods to see if ill eat them or not. i eat everyhting. they all are surprised. most recently i ate eel liver. 5 pieces. then i ate the rest of the eel and some raw fish to top it off.

7. a part of me wants to just take a year or however long and run across the US. wanna join?

hey everyone! i just wanted to post a link about my upcoming race (nov. 11) that i am running for charity. for more information please check out the page. if you feel inclined, please make a donation. if not, then dont. but I think its a good cause and can make a difference in peoples lives who are less fortunate than we are.
thanks

http://www.hopeglobalchallenge.com/participants.asp?id=67

cleaning and organizing

this is an exciting week. heres why:

tuesday kanako will come over
thursday another friend will come over
saturday im running to meet up with some friends to go biking, then

RACHAEL is coming!!!


so my roommate moved out this past weekend, and so tonight i cleaned. i majorly cleaned. most of the place is clean, now i need to organize my room, buy a bookself, and buy a desk. then i should be pretty much done with the place.

good news, my achilles tendon is back to normal. no pain at all. for 3 days now. amazing. i am so happy.

i also bought a running backpack. yeah for destination running!

bad news: the construction workers are out yelling and being noisy. ugh

ok off to bed! monday is finished! (next week is a great great week becuase monday is a holiday and thursday we have halloween party planning and no class! whooohoooo)

greys anatomy is back.. anyone who watched the premier....what did you think???