Comments | kittywiskers: Update is full of updatiness.

kittywiskers

Update is full of updatiness.

Nov 14, 2008 11:22

Because once again I have failed to write a proper update for like... Two weeks. Guh. And today is an exam day. So now that I've caught up on all my work and done the marking my teacher asked me to do I have time.

( Tokyo and the TF event )

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samuraiotter November 14 2008, 05:06:22 UTC

My, My what an awesome week :
If your mood really is "bored" you're going to be in real trouble when you move back to Canada.

My excitement today was walking though the forest during a chinook. Every time I heard a crack or groan or squeal, I had to try to figure out if a tree was coming down. Only one fell within sight and it was caught by other trees, but Mozart kept dancing in front of me like "I think we should run now, don't you?"

kittywiskers November 15 2008, 14:24:50 UTC

Bored due to having a whole day of make work. Because I was in an hour early I had all my official work done before I would normally even get into the office. >_<

Oh wow! That sounds pretty serious! Whs it because the snow got so heavy? Maybe you should walk on big roads on days like that! Mozart was probably right XD Glad you're ok!

samuraiotter November 17 2008, 20:33:43 UTC

It was just a very very big wind. And those trees are everywhere. When I went back the next day, there were three large trees down on the trail. It was exciting, but Mozart wasn't freaking like he does for avalanche control, so it can't have been too dangerous :)

kaiko_mai November 14 2008, 05:14:08 UTC

Wow what a busy week you've had. That sounds like you are having such fun over there.

You want to know the really crazy thing? Penta and I were just talking about you at dinner tonight and saying that you must really be having a good time over there and that we were jelouse of you going. (Also, going for Japanese food in Vancouver makes us feet VERY white.)

kittywiskers November 15 2008, 14:28:41 UTC

XD That's funny! Man I can understand feeling white. I get so used to just doing my thing here but fairly often I get reminded just how white and not-Japanese I am. Usually when I make a stupid mistake. XD

It's usually pretty fun. I'm learning a lot about a lot of things. Especially myself and crowd control.

Are you guys having a good time in Vancouver?

kaiko_mai November 15 2008, 18:34:09 UTC

For the most part. Our works are being some what special. I am working 6 days this week and David's work made him get a smart phone and will message him CONSTANTLY! He's getting really annoyed with it. But we are loving the city and being close to the families.

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kittywiskers November 15 2008, 14:32:30 UTC

Oh god, do I have a life XD I think that a life is one of those things where there's always too much or too little. No good middle ground and always something to complain about, me being the whiny-pants that I am.

I'm glad you made out so well on your birthday! It sounds like you need to take a little more time off, but for different reasons! I technically have something almost every day (it has been everyday for a while now, at the moment I have nothing planned next weekend) but I've started skipping events here and there to keep my sanity.

vorcephrus November 14 2008, 16:36:32 UTC

Sounds like I need to go to Japan, I'm always at a loss for what to do and it sounds like judging from yours and others experiences, each day is full of something... though it doesn't sound like you get a lot of downtime, which I need to not go crazy :P.

Agreed... if that is bored, oh Canada will be so depressing for you :P.

kittywiskers November 15 2008, 14:41:31 UTC

You and me both, darling. Downtime is why I've been skipping out of swimming and they've never managed to press me into doing volleyball on Sunday nights.

The truth is that I spent a lot of time alone last year. There was no study group to drag me out on Mondays most weeks, I would skip Knit Club here and there, and Japanese lessons on Thursdays were actually my only guaranteed out night. Yumiko and Keith were the only young people I hung out with on even a semi-regular basis. I think things started to speed up this spring and after I got back from Canada they just exploded. For introvert types the first year seems to be harder but the second year, once you've found your pace and made connections, is a lot more lively and active. But on the other hand the couples I know seem to have had less culture shock and gotten past that stage a heck of a lot faster.

XD I'm only bored on test days when there's nothing I can do but sit at my desk the whole day.

tibara November 14 2008, 16:45:51 UTC

Sounds like so much fun! Hope you have a good time in Bali and that you take lots of pictures. You are lucky you are so good with money, I would come back from Japan more in debt than when I left and with about 4 suitcases more full of books and others stuff that I could probably live without...maybe that is why I didn't get picked to go...someone was looking out for my pocketbook XP

kittywiskers November 15 2008, 14:49:52 UTC

I suspect it was more that a lot of cheap towns and cities are opting for the other companies or independent ALTs because they can just give them the summer off and not pay them. Or doing what my prefecture is doing and halving the high school ALTs. Stupid people.

I will take lots of pictures. And eventually I will even post some!

I'm not, really. I kind of end up living paycheck to paycheck and scrounging my money up for the occasional thing like Bali. I need to stop letting it slip through my fingers so badly. I don't even know where it goes! How does it do that?