After the storm

Blip over, and Im bouncing around again! Sorry, didnt mean to alarm you all by the admission that I was homesick: Im doing brilliantly, I was just missing my analysis committee, always there to dissect, evaluate, and then formulate an action plan so that I'd always know what to do. I was feeling lost without this support network. Dont worry though, Im going to do the right thing.

Its an absolutely beautiful day today, we've been blessed with hot, sunny days for most of the time we've been here. Im walking around like its the height of British summertime and its October! Having said that, Nagoya has been hit by two typhoons since my arrival, though they were pretty tame and went around us rather than hitting us directly. Typhoon brings heavy rainfall, gusty wind and generally means a day sheltering indoors, so we were all a little annoyed when we heard that a typhoon was coming on Saturday, smack bang in the middle of Bank Holiday Weekend. Always the sweetheart, Kevin dragged me out of the safety of the Ohmeikan on Friday to get some waterproofs. He knew I was having a bad day and decided that a walk in the rain would sort me out and perk me up. And surprisingly, it did! we were completely drenched despite having big brollies and it only being the timid leadup to the actual typhoon. I was so prepared for the real thing...but it never came :( . The funny thing is, we want to see a really bad typhoon, to have an earthquake (dont worry, the Ohmeikan is designed to survive one), gotta experience All-Things-Japan while we are here!