nice day off!

yesterday was a day off. it was nice to break up the week! saturday, i went to meijo koen to run with the members of the ekiden team im running with next weekend. the weather was perfect. nice to chat with friends. in japanese. then i went to hiro's and he cooked spaghetti with good sauce. then we went to town and meandered around the book store for awhile. then headed to starbucks to study. i studied japanese. its what i do best these days. no one can say that im not trying my hardest. then after a few hours at starbucks we headed over to a vietnamese restaurant. it was my first time eating vietnamese food and it was delicious! yum!

all in all it was a nice day to just spend time doing things that i wanted to do and have the time to do it.

today i kept thinking it was monday. but its not. and its friday tomorrow! whooohoooo!

this weekends plans consist of

friday night -studying
sat- run 15 miles, head down to yokkaichi to meet up with some friends.
sunday- church, lunch, and then dinner with hiro.

today i had a class of 2nd graders. they are so cute. and energetic. and always in a good mood. always pickin their nose too! 2nd graders are good. they are old enough to understand things, yet young enough to still really like the teacher. everytime i say "make a line" it turns into a giant blob of kids fighting over who gets to stand close to the teacher, and usually ends up into a giant group hug. with 7 little kids all fighting to hug me, i cant help but smile.