Autumn is the time for sport festivals in Japan. Fortualy both of my kids have finished with their sports festivals.
C's was nice and easy for me. Junior High School kids don't expect their parents to show up. We stopped by just before lunch, basically to take more drinks. C was okay, he really doesn't enjoy the sports festivals but he tried!
The next Sunday was H's. That was a tough day. The school is big, over 800 students. So to find space to sit means placing a ground sheet the day before. I sent the older boys to get a place. On the morning of the event it was cloudy, with a few showers but the show must go on!
I got there with H at 7:45. I sat at my place and waited. Because there are so many children each child only takes part in about 5 events. So when it was H's turn I would go and have a look, then sit and wait for the next event. Of course the biggest thing was the picnic lunch. The "obentos" are the pride of the mothers and grandmothers. There seems to be some kind of competition between families to see who has the best obento. I go for the practical. H doesn't like rice balls so I made pasta salad and chicken, which she ate. The day was over at 3:30. very long day. But H was happy. Her team lost but she doesn't care so much about winning or loosing, just having fun.
Monday, 3 October 2011
Monday, 12 September 2011
Crazy Week
Last week was rather hard.
Took the car in for an oil change. That went fine until we started driving again. The engine was over heating. So we went back. The radiator was completely dry!! When the mechanic checked it turned out that there was a crack in it. So we ended up paying for that along with the vehicle inspection that is ordered by the government. Altogether over 1300pounds (sorry no pound sign on this computer).
The nest day D came back with his pinkie finger bandaged, he had broken it playing basketball. This kid drives me crazy, he is always getting hurt. At 17 he has broken both arms, torn a ligament in his leg, smashed his face which left a scar for a few years and now broken his finger. What's next?
The next day C came home with his middle finger swollen, he bites and pick his nails. So he now has an infection under his nail.
Then H came home with a fever. The schools in this area are doing their field day practice. But it is still very hot, up to 35C most days. The kids are outside for up to two hours, with no shade.
The tradition of field day at this time of the year goes back at long way. Until a few years ago this was okay but the past few years the summers have been getting hotter and longer. It is autumn by the calendar but the weather is still summer. But the schools insist that the kids stand out in the heat. They just can't change the thinking.
So all in all a rather challenging week.
Took the car in for an oil change. That went fine until we started driving again. The engine was over heating. So we went back. The radiator was completely dry!! When the mechanic checked it turned out that there was a crack in it. So we ended up paying for that along with the vehicle inspection that is ordered by the government. Altogether over 1300pounds (sorry no pound sign on this computer).
The nest day D came back with his pinkie finger bandaged, he had broken it playing basketball. This kid drives me crazy, he is always getting hurt. At 17 he has broken both arms, torn a ligament in his leg, smashed his face which left a scar for a few years and now broken his finger. What's next?
The next day C came home with his middle finger swollen, he bites and pick his nails. So he now has an infection under his nail.
Then H came home with a fever. The schools in this area are doing their field day practice. But it is still very hot, up to 35C most days. The kids are outside for up to two hours, with no shade.
The tradition of field day at this time of the year goes back at long way. Until a few years ago this was okay but the past few years the summers have been getting hotter and longer. It is autumn by the calendar but the weather is still summer. But the schools insist that the kids stand out in the heat. They just can't change the thinking.
So all in all a rather challenging week.
Saturday, 3 September 2011
Typhoon 12
I know that I haven't written for ages.....but I have a good excuse. I forgot my password and everytime I tried to get it I was redirected to a Japanese page. Anyway got that sorted!
There is a massive, slow moving typhoon off the coast of Japan. We are in the storming warning area, but the weather is actually nice. Well for me, it is cool, rainy with a few gusts of wind. So much nicer than the heat and humidity of the past few weeks!!!
Summer holidays were nice, nothing great. Kids had loads homework to do. We didn't go anywhere, D was working. He has a part time job at a local convenience store. He does 3 half days a week, but during the holiday he was working almost everyday!! The end of July M and H had a piano recital. I am very proud of them. Especially H as she is extremely shy and has a hard time with getting up in front of people. But she did well. She enjoyed dressing up in the fancy skirt and top, having her hair done. She really is a girly girl!
I will write more often, I keep saying that......I have to try.
There is a massive, slow moving typhoon off the coast of Japan. We are in the storming warning area, but the weather is actually nice. Well for me, it is cool, rainy with a few gusts of wind. So much nicer than the heat and humidity of the past few weeks!!!
Summer holidays were nice, nothing great. Kids had loads homework to do. We didn't go anywhere, D was working. He has a part time job at a local convenience store. He does 3 half days a week, but during the holiday he was working almost everyday!! The end of July M and H had a piano recital. I am very proud of them. Especially H as she is extremely shy and has a hard time with getting up in front of people. But she did well. She enjoyed dressing up in the fancy skirt and top, having her hair done. She really is a girly girl!
I will write more often, I keep saying that......I have to try.
Friday, 21 January 2011
New Year
Kids on Christmas Eve 2010
Summer trip to Saga Castle 2010Last March I was determinded to keep this blog up to date. But that never happened. I am either too tired or to busy to write!
So a new year, new decade even. So what am I looking forward this year?
Well one thing I know I will be doing is a lot of cooking. I now have 3 teenage boys,13, 16 and 19.
And they can eat!! I'm glad that they are healthy and need good food but how to keep up?
Also I have to get healthy. I'm not getting any younger and the thought of an old age with aches and pains does not inspire me. I got sick over Christmas last month. Just a stomach bug but ended up at the local clinic. Not a big problem, needed a drip and some strong medicine. But I got so depressed seeing all these old folks, they looked so miserable. I don't want to be like that!! So I have to take action now, exercise and healthy eating!!!! But it is so cold in the morning and getting the will power to get out of bed is so hard. Still I have to try!!!
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