| celebrated another year of life on a rainy day at my house in ikeda. invited what seemed to be the whole town at one point, for a cocktail party. i suggested fancy dress, or SMART dress if you're british, and some people were good enough to oblige me. i got a veritable treasure trove of gifts, which was really nice. the best gift of all though, was morgan coming back from seattle. so yeah- very nice to have everyone together for a bit. it's too bad all the japanese people left by 9:30 though, way before the cameras came out... despite the stares of my students, and one kid asking me if i was going to be 30, i don't feel old. my mom, is not so lucky. as she told me, it's not her age that depresses her, it's mine. =) |
