during the week i often think to myself how little time i have – yet today, i’ve done absolutely nothing. i took a nap, got some ice cream, read a book at the library, and dinked around on the computer (of course). now i see that the day has flown by. i played in the condo workout room a little; i think i’m going to start a workout routine. if i can follow through, i’ll start by working out in the morning on days which i’m not going to ride my bike (when i have Japanese class). i’ll start with something like 15 minutes and build up to my goal of an hour of good solid exercise. today is a scorcher. the condo is cooler than outside but the lack of a breeze makes it a little more warm than being outside in the shade. i think. ;P

Art asked me if I wanted to do some consulting work, setting up AIX machines. I said that would be sweet. We may start after I return from Japan, if it goes through.

another week has just flown by. i’ll try to recap some of the highlights:

• started level 3 in my Japanese class
• drank too much wine while babbling with Lisa
• had a fun picnic at work and played bocci ball
• continued to make good progress on my work stuff
• got less exercise than i should have
• received the final proof for my article, due Monday

i was invited to dinner with Lisa last night and as the two of us can do, we ended up gabbing for several hours. i only had time for one Seinfeld and then i was in bed. i don’t feel like i have enough time. perhaps i need to try to be at work less or make my time outside of work more productive.

今朝７時起きました。５分ごろシャーワを浴びました。７時半ごろ朝ご飯を食べました。グラノラのシリオとヨーグルトとミルクを食べました。コーヒーを飲みました。７時４５分ごろ会社に歩いて行きます。８じごろアイソロンに来ました。コーヒーと水を飲みました。イーメルを読みました。９時４５分ミチィングを牛耳ました。昼に昼ご飯を食べました。パンと鳥肉とチーズを食べました。美味しかったです。４時間ぐらい働きました。楽しかったです。４時半ごろ晩ご飯を食べました。５時半ごろバスで日本語のクラスルに行きました。街路にたくさん車がありましたから、バスを退場しました。そして、１０ブロックぐらい歩きました。日本語の学校に６時至りました。６時から９時ごろまで日本語を話して、日本語を読んで、日本語を書きました。９時半ごろ家に帰ました。疲れましたから、１時間ぐらいテレビを見ました。シャーワを浴びて、歯をみがきました。今、寝ます。お休みなさい。

it appears as though my article will be in the September issue. i’m so excited. X)