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Cherry Blossom Girl
Jul. 13th, 2018 02:03 pmI can't believe I haven't posted since May. If I'm going to maintain a blog I might as well write in it, yes?
That being said there has not been a whole lot to post about. We had the AC and the roof replaced. The AC was on its way out, being well over 15 years old, and the roof had developed a leak that turned out to be some fairly extensive damage. All that stuff is taken care of now - we even got one of those white roofs. I don't know if it's my imagination or that really does help, but it seems like the house stays somewhat cooler. Of course, having a new AC unit probably doesn't hurt.
That's the not-fun stuff. The fun stuff is ... I'm going to Tokyo! Holy shit! In October! Exclamation marks! Alarms and diversions! Two weeks of stuffing myself with udon and mochi! We're still in the very early planning stages but we have a hotel reservation at a MyCube. They have separate men's and women's areas so Fox and I don't get to share a room, but that's not as big a deal as you might think. Besides, I don't think either of us will do much besides sleep - I know I'm likely to conk out within an hour of coming home in the evening. I'm combing through different travel sites to find places I'd like to visit, like shrines, landmarks, or gardens. I'm also, of course, composing a list of places to eat because y'all know me and food. Fox says it'll be easy for me to avoid cheese and dairy while I'm there but I already learned how to read the ingredient labels on packaged foods.
I'm just anxious about the plane ride. I'm a nervous flyer at best, and seventeen or eighteen hours in the air might tax my nerves beyond what they're capable of dealing with. On the other hand, a lot of that is over water, and I found when I went to Iceland that the ocean part is usually pretty smooth.
I'm hoping to hire my neighbor to cat-sit for me. Once we have plane tickets in hand I'll shoot her an email and see if she or her older daughter is willing to come over to feed and scoop litter. I would say "and pet," but Nana is the only cat who will come out and see strangers. The other three will be phantoms. Eating, pooping phantoms.
And I am also working on Japanese language. I already know several words, as you'd expect - neko, kuro, lots of cooking terms and food words, and for some reason no curse words. I'm on Duolingo so if anyone wants to be friends, hit me up. I doubt I'll become very proficient, but I'd like to get around without looking like too big of an idiot.
Today I feel a little weird and off - like my brain wants to have anxiety but can't quite latch onto anything. So I'm trying to stay busy and not give it the chance. I'm simmering some tomato sauce for pizza night, and I made a little afternoon coffee because I just really wanted some. I'm munchie all the time lately. Maybe it's the trip planning, but it just feels like something is hanging around out there in the future, waiting to blow up on me.
That being said there has not been a whole lot to post about. We had the AC and the roof replaced. The AC was on its way out, being well over 15 years old, and the roof had developed a leak that turned out to be some fairly extensive damage. All that stuff is taken care of now - we even got one of those white roofs. I don't know if it's my imagination or that really does help, but it seems like the house stays somewhat cooler. Of course, having a new AC unit probably doesn't hurt.
That's the not-fun stuff. The fun stuff is ... I'm going to Tokyo! Holy shit! In October! Exclamation marks! Alarms and diversions! Two weeks of stuffing myself with udon and mochi! We're still in the very early planning stages but we have a hotel reservation at a MyCube. They have separate men's and women's areas so Fox and I don't get to share a room, but that's not as big a deal as you might think. Besides, I don't think either of us will do much besides sleep - I know I'm likely to conk out within an hour of coming home in the evening. I'm combing through different travel sites to find places I'd like to visit, like shrines, landmarks, or gardens. I'm also, of course, composing a list of places to eat because y'all know me and food. Fox says it'll be easy for me to avoid cheese and dairy while I'm there but I already learned how to read the ingredient labels on packaged foods.
I'm just anxious about the plane ride. I'm a nervous flyer at best, and seventeen or eighteen hours in the air might tax my nerves beyond what they're capable of dealing with. On the other hand, a lot of that is over water, and I found when I went to Iceland that the ocean part is usually pretty smooth.
I'm hoping to hire my neighbor to cat-sit for me. Once we have plane tickets in hand I'll shoot her an email and see if she or her older daughter is willing to come over to feed and scoop litter. I would say "and pet," but Nana is the only cat who will come out and see strangers. The other three will be phantoms. Eating, pooping phantoms.
And I am also working on Japanese language. I already know several words, as you'd expect - neko, kuro, lots of cooking terms and food words, and for some reason no curse words. I'm on Duolingo so if anyone wants to be friends, hit me up. I doubt I'll become very proficient, but I'd like to get around without looking like too big of an idiot.
Today I feel a little weird and off - like my brain wants to have anxiety but can't quite latch onto anything. So I'm trying to stay busy and not give it the chance. I'm simmering some tomato sauce for pizza night, and I made a little afternoon coffee because I just really wanted some. I'm munchie all the time lately. Maybe it's the trip planning, but it just feels like something is hanging around out there in the future, waiting to blow up on me.
