music: maria taylor – clean getaway
it’s been forever, and i apologize. The cherry blossoms came and left. they were absolutely beautiful. we spent the weekends drinking and eating beneath them, in the rain and sunshine. they lasted merely two weeks but it was two weeks full of the most stunning beauty you have ever experienced. It was heartbreaking to see them fall and disappear. While they were here, the cities just exploded into pink clouds and everyone smiled all the time and everyone everywhere just got together and sat under the trees.
When i first discovered the cherry blossoms had arrived, was one of my favourite moments in japan. I went for a run along the river because the weather was nice. it had been a couple weeks since my last run and i convinced myself to go for it. As i’m jogging down the road, close to the big buddhist temple, i see a bunch of lit hanging lanterns lining the pathway along the river ahead of me. So i jog up and stop and look to the trees the lanterns are hanging from, and all i can see are pink flower buds everywhere, so i continue to run and the further down the river i go, the bigger and bigger the flowers get. It was my first experience with Japanese sakura, and it was breathtaking. I will remember that moment for the rest of my life.
That weekend Susannah, Adrik, eric and i made a day trip to kyoto to see the cherry blossoms there. The weather was ridiculous, raining on and off all day, but we had a great time. The blossoms were only starting to come out, but it was still stunning and i’m very glad we went.
My new schedule at school has begun and i have a bunch of new classes, and they are completely stressful and pretty much huge pains, so my weeks have been nothing but entirely difficult. my sleeping has been off, i wake up about a million times a night, and wake up terribly early and spend the rest of the day tired as hell. I just need to get back into the swing of things.
I leave for Okinawa in a bit less that two weeks and i cannot wait. I need a vacation more than anything right now.
I think i need to take a bit of a break this weekend. Do some movie watching, some cleaning. just take it easy. the past few weekends have been intense and by body is a little angry with me, i think.
Its also supposed to rain all week and weekend, so it might be a good idea to shut myself in with my pyjamas and some blankets.
anyways, im going to try to write in this more, i promise.
