Thursday, August 07, 2003



Last night was the Fujieda fireworks festival. One and a half hours of bangs and booms, but fun to watch. Even better from the top floor of my apartment building. No huge crowds to deal with. Kim showed up later and I introduced her to 'Absolutely Fabulous'. She had never seen it before. Hehehhe. Made us both chuckle.
After that we watched the English news together and were horrified at the size of the approaching typhoon.
YES it is August and Typhoon 10 is upon us, literally. We are not supposed to get Typhoons in August. BC is burning and we have rain filled typhoons sitting on top of us!! Where is the justice in that????

This sucker is HUGE. It totally covers Japan width wise and it is moving very slowly up, starting way down in Okinowa and will be ending in Hokkaido on Sunday some time. We are getting the tip right now and I think the full force of it tonight.
I was reading the BC news paper and read about that small northern town that is freaking out and all upset over 70mm of rain. Baaaagghhh.

Hello people!! We get on average 400 to 500 mm of rain a day during a typhoon. That is a whole foot of rain that falls in less then a bloody day!!! Some areas yesterday were hit with over 700!!!! That is a lot of rain!!!!
70mm. Pffff...

It started here in the early morning. I woke up at 4 to howling winds and rain coming down soooooo hard you could not see more then a few feet in front of you.
It was still going strong when I headed off to work this morning. I decided that the bike was the best way to go. Lifted me farther off the very wet ground and got me to work faster. I bundled up in a rain jacket, pants and boots and wrapped my purse and work shoes in a plastic bag. I actually got to work very fast. The cars were going VERY slow. The roads were like a river and the ditches that run under the roads were way over full and bubbling up. I dont mean gurgling either. I mean big bubbles. The worst area was at least 5 inches deep and the bubbles were blowing way above the water. My little ol' bike just plugged along basically too afraid to stop. I was terrified that I was going to land in a ditch due to caved in ditch covers but miraculously I didn't.
Got to work safe, sound and dry.

I went for a walk at lunch because the rain had stopped for a while and the HUGE ditch that duns down the side shows very obvious signs of overflowing. A hell of a lot of water is needed to top these sides as it is a big ditch. And judging by the lay of the grass and the minimal debris it was very fast moving water.
The entire air traffic of Japan is grounded as well as most trains and many freeways. People are on mudslide alert all over the place and anyone who lives near the ocean is on huge-wave alert. But through it all we basically ignore typhoons. They are happen far too often to get worked up over. Everyone goes through their typhoon routine but other than that all life carries totally oblivious to the howling winds outside.

I also got an email from my friend Rebecca.
Her words always soothe me and make me snap back into reality. I have been having more problems between Li and I, over work and my general emotional state. Li is having problems dealing with it mostly because I cant. I was able to have a good talk with him on my birthday about this screwy emotional roller coaster I seem to be riding and I think that he did understand me. Language can still be a barrier for us sometimes. He is acting and doing things a little differently.
Yesterday I went home for lunch and he had a very nice but simple lunch ready for me and it was so nice to be able to sit with him in the middle of the day. Made the day seem to go by much faster and the rest of the day much more bearable. I have decided that there are two days a week that I am capable of going home at lunch and he is willing to comply. I think he is starting to understand my need for this quiet time away from work but with him. Walking is ok but it is alone. Sometimes this is good, but sometimes not.
I need to work on this exercise problem still.

I am very excited but very nervous about going to Canada. I am nervous about a HUGE list of things, most of which are stupid and have no right to be on the list but are. Oh well, I am getting better that is the key.
One small step for me and one huge bloody leap for my marriage.
Hehehe


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