It's really feeling like Spring time, and I couldn't be happier. The sakura trees are in full bloom right now which is really pretty. Its a shame how delicate the petals are. As each day passes by, I see more and more petals blowing off of the branches. The floor looks like its covered in little bits of confetti there are so many petals everywhere. Recently, I went to a park close by and got to take in the beauty of the sights.
Today, the weather has been extremely cold. There has been a constant drizzle of rain all day. The kind of rain where it's too much not to have an umbrella, but at the same time not enough to use the wind shield wipers on a constant timer. The weather app says its 42 degrees today~ I have yet to get used to the F/ C conversion. However, every day when I walk to school, I see one tree in the courtyard that is slowly starting to bloom it's flowers. I asked Christine if it was a cherry blossom tree, but she said it is an ume tree. Im excited to see it in full bloom!
These days, the students have been busy studying for tests, and entrance exams. They study a lot already, but as it's the end of the school year, they seem to be extra busy.
Until next time, E
This winter has been exceptionally cold to say the least. The buildings here in Miyazaki are not insulated very well, and it doesn't help that the weather is like 30 degrees every day. The mornings are very dark so it's hard to get up. Needless to say, I can't wait to get myself close to the nearest heater.
But, on a different note, yesterday I ran my first half of 2018. The half was in Mimata. Of course, it was cold and raining, but i decided to still run it. It was very different for me because the usual half that I run, there are many people to get scrambled with. However, this half was different..there were only about 200, and maybe only a handful of ladies. In a way, this made me push myself harder even though I didn't train for this run. I didn't want to be the last one. To my surprise I beat my goal time of 2:30, and finished the race in 2:10. I was really surprised actually. But, even finishing the race with a faster goal time, in the end I think I was still like 14something/ 200 people. yikes.
After the run, I treated myself to a yummy dinner and some well deserved drinks. mmm
xoxo,e
