Andrea's Rambling Notes - once from Japan, now from Canada

::Andrea's Rambling Notes - once from Japan, now from Canada::

My notes and my memories: sometimes about a mom - sometimes about a wife - sometimes about a woman - sometimes about our life

::Author::

Name::Andrea
From::Small city/town, B.C., Canada
I am a short girl from the west cost of BC, Canada and I am a proud Canadian. I went to Japan in 2000 because my Dad told me I would regret it for the rest of my life if I didn't. He was right. I lived a good life found my husband from the other side of the world and have a beautiful daughter. Basically we lead a pretty normal life filled with normal ups and downs. We both come from different cultures: me Canadian, him Chinese. Living in Japan was a real eye opener about who I am and about the people I associate myself with. I lived and loved in Japan but the time to move on came upon us and in May of 2006 we left and moved to Canada: a huge move for us all. We are now trying to start up again, remodel our lives and create our future for our family. I now feel like a tourist in the country of my birth, my eyes see different and my life will be forever changed. This blog is my notes and observations of our life, our changes, our adventures and new beginnings. Welcome.
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::Recent Entries::

::Personal Links::

My Japanese Culture Teaching Notes

::My Family's Sites::

Alisha - a site set up by friends and family of my little sis

Phrax - my step-brother

Blue Mountain Stable

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An Index of past posts - the Japan Years

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Currency Converter

eigoNavi - a pretty good language converter

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Generation Woman

Japan Times

Counter Punch

Japanese General Union - a must! read before working in Japan

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Thursday, March 09, 2006

snot bubbles

Well I am feeling better, not perfect, but better: at least I can swallow tea without gagging now.
Ugh.
I do have a swollen eyelid for some odd reason. The eye itself is totally fine and there is not a tinge of heightened pink to be found anywhere: just this ballooned eyelid. Hmmm. If it does not shrink by tomorrow I will trudge unwillingly to the eye doctor who is thankfully not too far away.

The past two nights BabyJi has been going to sleep at 8:30pm and sleeping beautiful almost all night. I really hope this sleeping pattern continues but I am not placing any bet on it.

Last night she woke up at 4:30ish am to drink but would not go back to sleep. Her nose was a little stuffy (new molars coming in) and she discovered that she could make snot bubbles come out of her nose if she blew right.
Cute for a few blows, but totally disgusting after.
I cleaned her nose, which totally ticked her off and then she started her spiral of annoyances and refusing to go to sleep.
I didn’t give her too long and headed off to the tatami room to sleep.
I hate sleeping in the tatami room but for what ever strange, odd, insulting, and infuriating reasons, BabyJi wont go back to sleep if I am in the room but will sleep beautifully after only a little bit of screaming and complaining with her daddy.
Uhhh, not fair!!!

I need to get healthy and sleep is a major part of this.
On Sunday, if the weather cooperates, I am the blind leader for our Earth Family walk. So far I have three women signed up to walk across a very long, very cool looking, rope bridge that is strung across the Ooii River and then there is a three hour (picnic stop in the middle) walk around the countryside area. I pray we don’t get lost. Lol!!
If we go there will be tons of pictures to show you.

Update:

Today’s Blessings:

Well today was one of those work days that was just boring blaaaaa, but it was all made worth while when my last student of the day gave me a major case of belly giggles.

A: How is work today?

Mr.M: Not too bad. No major problems.

A: I noticed that your section has been having a lot of meetings today.

Mr.M: Ya. We had a university professor here giving a lecture on phenol polmer ??? ;-( ????.

A: Ahh. Is this in your products field?

Mr.M: No. A little different.

A: Um, but interesting?

Mr.M: Uhh, ya, Very interesting. I slept very well.

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