Cloud Watching Pace

Despite being up late on Friday, I was up and about fairly early. I went to the Tofu Café with several other people from the center and had an AMAZING meal, even if it was a little pricy. One of the coolest things was that everything was made with tofu. I had a tofu soup, tofu bread, and tofu in my salad. To finish it off we had a tofu and chocolate sundae. The food was all delicious. It’s a shame we don’t have more places like the Tofu Café in Williamsburg. After lunch, we quickly ran to a really nice hyuaku en store, where I finally found my sumi-e supplies, minus the brush. Then we headed down towards the river, where there are several large fields. We had intended to play Frisbee, but when we got there, there were four teams rotating playing ultimate, two girls teams and two boys teams. The two guys out of our group got to play with one of the Japanese teams, but the other girl and I just sat and watched. It was wonderful. We talked about boys and bonded, and suddenly I don’t feel so lonely here anymore. The entire pace of the day was peaceful. The day was clear, and the view of the mountains was amazing. There were huge birds soaring over the field and I had nothing at all on my mind other than what was going on and what we were talking about. We walked down the street and found a little grocery where I bought a lemon for an afternoon snack. By the time we got back to the field, it was getting starting to rain a little, so we all headed home. I ate dinner over at the other dorm: chili and rice and cheesy garlic toast. Afterwards, I tried doing some homework, but found my interest level drifting. It was still early, so I went upstairs and watched an anime movie in Japanese…without subtitles. Although it was sometimes difficult to figure out exactly what was going on, I really enjoyed it, and the few Japanese words I could catch here and there made it fun. The dorms stay pretty cold (although I think my room is an exception), so we all huddled under blankets together and put our feet under a table that has a heater built into the underside of it…a pretty clever invention, I must say. I did get all of my work done, eventually, but I am getting to bed pretty late because of not having one of the readings until two people were done with it. We don’t have enough books in one of my classes, so it has made for a frustrating sharing situation. Not that I don’t like sharing, but just that it means that someone has to stay up late to get it done. Late enough, indeed.

Music equivalent of the day: Keisha and watching people play frisbee
Major purchase: sumi-e ink and grinding stone
Food: Tofu soup, tofu bread, and a tofu ice cream sundae
Meditation/ inspiration/ thought of the day: Life is peaceful when you eat a lemon.
Top priority: Valentines for everyone