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I love my hair (^-^)b

Should be asleep right now - but.....

Here's some random info for all my loyal readers.

1. I am in a taco betting pool for my friend's baby's due date.
   
2. I got a hair cut 2 weeks ago and I think it's the best hair cut I've ever had (I like it). Think I'll have to stay in Japan forever just to be near my hair stylist.
   
3. Favorite karaoke song - You're All I Have - Snow Patrol


4. Mom will be here in 2 days (^-^)


5. My chat tonight - 90 minutes of playing Scrabble - hahaha!

Good night!

Okay, I've added a photo! Man, my nose looks huge!

Trapped in a Snow Globe

I think I am trapped in some alien's huge snow globe. Well, that's what it seems like anyway. It's been snowing in Yatsuo for the last week or so. For the most part it snows while I am sleeping, requiring me to get my hiney out of bed early to clean off the car. Bad news - we are getting a lot of snow; Good news - it's light, fluffy, and easy to clean. I have no idea what the official count is but I'd have to say over the last few days we've probably gotten about 5 or 6 inches of snow. The cool part, and the inspiration for this blog is, the fact that it will clear up and be nice and sunny out one minute and then the next it's snowing - huge, fluffy blobs of snow. Then it will stop and then 2 hours later start again for another 10 or 15 mins. It really is quite pretty. When I stand outside and look up at the falling snow, I can just picture someone shaking up a snow globe. Of course, this is the real world, so the ground sprinklers intrude and turn the snow into a mass of slush and all the beauty is gone. Although, I do enjoy the rouge sprinkler - the one that shoots water 5 feet higher then its neighbor at random intervals - startling innocent passerbyers.

In other news, this is Adventure Travel at it's finest - and I am SO ready to go:
Immigration and border patrol seems to be at the top of every political conversation. At Parque Eco Alberto, you can go on a pretend 'Night Border Crossing Experience.' The parque is owned by the Hnahnu Indians in Hidalgo, about three hours from Mexico City. The $18, four-hour night hike starts with the Mexico National Anthem. Your 'coyote' guide, Pancho, pulls off his black ski mask while actors gather around to scare you senseless along the way. Run from border control agents; dodge hidden actors shooting (blanks) at you, and make your way through barbed-wire fences. Survivors are blindfolded, led across a rickety bridge, and then set free to run across the border to freedom!

1096 Days

1096 days = the number of days I'll have spent in Japan And guess what today is - it's day #548 - it's EXACTLY the middle. I've been here 548 days and I've got 548 more to go.

I am not gonna lie to you, I've been a little off kilter today - I think maybe subconsciously I knew..... Also, one of my best friends 'offically' decided today that she is going home - and that bums me out a bit. And makes me question my decision to stay (only a little bit, no really merit to the questioning). AND I was reading my blog from the beginning and I need to get the 'genki' back (^-^). So there you have it.