August 19,1999
Well, after two rousing versions of "Livin' La Vida Loca" at karaoke, I feel better.
It's amazing what shutting yourself up in a room with a TV, a friend and a microphone
can do for a person's mood.
My classes went well I think, and another student decided to keep studying with me,
so that was good.
However, our weekend barbeque is growing into a monster. I hope everything will turn
out okay, but I'm not sure it will. I'm a tad worried about it.
It is still bloody hot here. I came home at 2am and it was 30 degrees Celsius in
my "aparto". I think I'll be running the "air-con" all night. I almost wish it
would snow or something, just so it would cool down. I don't like to run the air
conditioner all night, the noise keeps me awake, but so does the heat, so what can I do??
I think that August has always been a hard month for me, at least for the last few
years. Katie-chan turned 2 this month, my Dad's birthday was this month and so was
his death. I think every August when I was working dans le banc du Hell, I would
regret that I wasn't going back to school.
I'm extra blue on top of those reasons because I think I'm going through a touch of
culture shock...it's about 3 months since I came back to Japan....and I'm realizing
that the only way Katie-chan will get to know me is through the pictures that I send
to her. I'm missing a lot of my niece's life and I won't ever get it back.
What can I do? I dunno.
Oh well, gotta do the bed thang!
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