retraction and onwards... where is the present?! ha

hahaha

i take it back. well, I can't really take it back, because the past is what is back! to put something back that has already been left behind is rather redundant. What a fun play on words and cliche and common usage, I could run with this for paragraphs.

as i read my last post i can get a good Laugh. what a drama queen (king, probably) i am. but, if you are reading this, then you know who your author is, so this doesn't surprise you. i don't surprise myself either, but it's a good way to Laugh at being so caught up in the seriousness of "me." and we all know this is an inflammation of the ego in its attempt to keep control. fortunately i have reminders that this isn't so serious at all.

with that aside, the garden is planted, the compost pile has Grown immensely and i have a new duty to make sure it breaks down well. there is incentive and passion too.

my apartment is like new, with some additions and gifts from teachers and folks who left (yes, you, murray!). i feel comfortable here, almost too much so.

i went rafting yesterday, just like last year... there was a lot of water this year so we had some actual rapids. i understood a lot more japanese and that was nice. we went to a new Onsen and had pretty good ramen too. we had TO drive about 2 hrs south (close to kagoshima actually!) to get to the kuma (Bear) river... we were in A city called hitoyoshi... and it is another statistic to add to the places i've visited... great.

speakiNG of vacations and time off... the structure is official. i just have to fill in the spaces that i have created. it is exciting and fun to dream... but those vague thoughts will soon take form. sweet.

on a side note, school starts tomorrow... i am ready and excited to get there. i saw two students today and we shared a good laugh and a hello as we were riding biKes to attend to Our various tasks on the bypass. i told them i would see them tomorrow, and i will!

i cant believe how suzushii (cool) the summer has been... i was expecting to come bacK to the raging heat of hell and it hasn't been all that bad. no a/c... i have survived another summer. lucky, indeed.

the present is hidden in this message. ha, INDEed.

welCome to septEMBER.