banana pancakes

shells

Long weekend. Went dancing and to a jamaican food party that was awesome. The music was good, and the people were nice enough. Two girls were a little crazy and were poking me because that is just what japanese people do to me. Then i went to the movies today and then a long drive home in the snow. Not much else to tell. I am just very tired.

had another enkai last night with the PTA and teachers. The food was better, though i didn't eat that much because it was sort of hard to get to and i didn't want to ask anyone to pass me anything because they all looked like they were having too much fun. I felt a little out of place there. I have felt that in much of the past 5 or six years that i am in an age quandary wherein i do not fit in that much. Either i am surrounded by people who are younger than me or a whole lot older than me. I rarely find people my own age. Even in college i felt that though most of the people i knew and lived with were older than me; i felt a lot more mature than them, or at least i knew how to take care of myself during daily activities a whole lot better. I think that i will only go to one of the enkais from now on during those times. I just feel really out of place at them.

Today i just stayed home to stay out of the coldness. Then i went to Sanpachi for dinner and then to the grocery store. I did pretty well this week on groceries. Going to Sapporo tomorrow for people who speak english, always good.

spring break is here. I had an enkai last night and it was good, except for all the Japanese food. So much raw fish and stuff. I ate most of it, but still, raw fish is definitely not my forte yet. There was some good stuff; the dessert was really good, it was a strawberry and whipped cream daifuku. I have one more from the PTA tonight at a sushi restaurant in town, and hopefully that will be good. Then i have nothing to really do until April 5th. I will get my suits cleaned, and then have some fun with friends. Today i went to one of the smaller elementary school's graduation ceremony. Only one kid was graduating, and i sort of felt bad for the kid because it was very emotional and probably very stressful to have the whole thing just for him. I am doing periodic spring cleaning around the house. Today i cleaned my stove and all the stuff on that and i guess there is not much else to do in terms of cleaning except for maybe throwing out some boxes and stuff.

played dodgeball with the kids today for the last class of the year. Tomorrow is the completetion ceremony and then i start my break until april 5th. I have a party tomorrow and the night after that. It should be fun. I made some delicious banana pancakes with cinnamon apple compote as a topping. They basically turned into tacos with the apples as the filling. I really just surprise myself sometimes when i cook. I made some onions and mushrooms with pork and wine last night and it turned out okay. Not super good, but i guess i have to learn how to cook properly with alcohol. It seems to work better in desserts than in savory dishes.

some cabinets we saw at hakodate station

Pics from Hakodate.