Time Flies...Even When You're Not Having Fun!

Well, the last week of my life is gone, and I only hope the next 3 go by just as quickly. Work has been the same old routine, with the students being cool but the company being difficult as usual. I was hoping to get a bunch of overtime so that I would be working for the last 20 days straight of my time in Kumamoto, but now it looks like I'll only be putting in an extra 2 days, and one of my half days is going to be full instead. So that's an extra $300 or so. It's nice having real money for a change, but it's going to be even nicer when I'm in Mexico, enjoying the perks of married life. The cost of living in Mexico is nice and cheap, so we will essentially be able to live off of what I make from editing Star City, and then have everything else to save, pay off my loans, etc. Then eventually, it will be off to grad school. Christian is talking about Canada, which I think would be pretty good, but New England also seemed pretty nice when I was there last fall. That's a long ways off though, and let's not forget that there's only this much time until Mexico:



On a brighter note, I bought the new Nintendo DS Lite a few days ago, which have been sold out in Japan since about 2 months ago when they came out. I also got New Super Mario Bros to play on it, which sold out between when I bought it in the morning and after work when I went back to the shop to look around a little more (the shop is right near the train station in Kumamoto), and I heard one guy asking for it. I wanted to taunt him in Japanese, but I decided against it. I think I finally just felt smart for once, which was cool, but I will probably return to the States and find that the game was cheaper there anyways, but I had to have something to play on this beautiful new system:



I had a DS over a year ago, but everything they promised when I bought that one fell through. I sold that one in December when I was in need of money, so it gives me the perfect excuse to go find this one and get it. There are enough games that it should keep me satisfied, and I think Hector and Karla will like it too (little in-laws).

I played cards last Sunday and did pretty well, winning a half box of packs from the new set, and only losing 2 games all day. It will be nice to play in English again. I get a migraine every time I go play cards here, because I end up having to think a lot all day and speak Japanese on top of that. My Japanese is still pretty aweful, but I'm probably going to keep studying even after I leave so I can eventually have it at my disposal for teaching or helping people out occasionally. Well, that's all for now. It's off to bed so I can get ready for an early day at work, which is one of only 19 more to go!