the good news is by saturday evening much of my winter work will be over. its not really that bad anyway. but about 4 classes a day this week and an extra day (but only one lesson) on saturday.
then a trip to 鎌倉 -kamakura- with some friends from kasukabe; mr. towel and buddies, including the すべる人, (sliding/slippery fella), his girlfriend, and a few other people. no joke. its the kickoff to a weird 3-day weekend, and i think there are many of them in the next two months.
winter here isn't much colder here than an ohio autumn, so should be lots of fun. snowboarding is another event in the making.