Wow, I was being chastised and didn't even know it.  I am humbled before the power of Darin and his updating abilities.  My feeble blog cannot withstand the awesome force that is Darin's blog.

Now that I've placated Mr. Velin, I'll move on to my update.  I had planned to update this quite regularly, but laziness took hold (as it often does) and now it's been a few weeks since I did it.

Practices for the English play are going right along.  I think that the format should be redone.  I'm already running out of things to do with the elementary school kids, whereas the junior high kids will be down to the wire learning all their lines.  Not very good time management, but then the schedule isn't up to me.

It was getting warmer earlier in the week, but we're supposed to drop below zero again this weekend.  This will probably be it though, and soon I'll be wishing for low temperatures as I wilt in the Kumamoto summer.

Lastly, I thought I would add this picture of Kimiko and I from our visit to the Kyushu Puppy Kingdom.  Yes, it's quite a grand name with the literal translation.  Good times were had by all.  If I didn't live in an apartment, and if golden retrievers didn't cost upwards of $1500 here (yes, that much), I would definitely buy one!

That's all for now.