And so another weekend approaches...

It's Friday night, which must mean... I'm sitting at home at my computer alone- Kaz is exhausted and thus already asleep. Married life really can make a person boring I guess.

Today was my last day of the trimester at Kanki Junior High. Although I'll be back in January, I was asked to give a brief speech to the fellow teachers and students- why? Strange I think. Still stranger though: I asked if it was OK to leave a few things in my desk for the 2 months I'll be away- things like tea bags and hard candies- and I was told that that was prob not a good idea as who knows what could happen to them...?! What? Is there some crazy tea bag snatcher amongst the teachers??! Well, seeing how they crowd around a fresh pot of green tea, I guess it may be possible ;-)

After getting home, I did give in to what has recently become a bad habit of mine (again!)- i.e. a nap. I think naps can be great- really refreshing and healthy- when they are taken at decent times (around 1-3p), but taking a nap at say, 7p is prob not the best thing. What's a girl to do? I don't get home until 6 and am utterly exhausted from my commute. I try to read, but eventually I doze off. How does one break this evil (and yet so nice) cycle?! I thought having a snack would help, as it gives me energy, but no luck. So now not only do I take late naps, but I do so right after eating- not the best habit for someone wanting to lose weight...

So being the fantastic wife that I am, tonight's dinner consisted of... pre-cooked food from the grocery store deli!! haha I was too tired after my nap and couldn't think of anything to cook anyway, so when Kaz got home we went shopping for dinner. I ended up with spaghetti and a Caesar salad and Kaz had udon noodles and sushi- i.e. we were both happy, the westerner eating western food and the Japanese eating Japanese food! And for only $10! To be honest, I'd have to say food is prob the biggest issue Kaz and I have. Not that we fight over it, but that it's so hard to choose something we both want. Yes I like Japanese food, but everything in Japan is Japanese in some way, including Western food (can you say, corn, potato, and MAYONNAISE pizza?!!) I do get tired of it and sometimes just want something that resembles home food. Kaz on the other hand loves Japanese food (obviously) and always wants to eat noodles or rice- he's not a big fan of Western food for the most part (although he does manage to eat what I cook- what a sweetie!) So we either end up like tonight, eating totally different things, or I cook a mixture of things we like. We do go out to eat, but that generally means one of us will be eating something they don't really want (that person btw is usually Kaz...)

After work tomorrow (I work at an English Saturday school for elementary school kids from 10-2) I'm wondering what to do with myself. Kaz once again has work all weekend (he'll get home around 9p tomorrow). Going shopping is tempting, but we really need to save, and besides I hate going shopping alone. I'll prob be at home, reading and checking out the internet. Wish me luck in one day finding a life... lol