忙しいライフ - Poor Neglected Blog

I'm sorry... this blog has been neglected over the last few months.
My days seem short, and the time that I do have to relax, I often feel that I should something else besides sitting in front of my パソコン laptop organizing photos and what not.
Much has been going on, I don't know where to begin.

It has been almost six months since I moved to Japan.
まだ、月曜日から金曜日までいっています。I'm still going to language school Monday - Friday from 10 - 12. I suppose it is going alright. Learning a new language, for me at least, is difficult at times. Vocabulary is the key really, I think. Which is my challenge overall, I need to greatly expand upon it.

Other than that, I have been baking bread weekly for the last three months or so.
I use my own homegrown natural yeasts and bake the breads in our tiny toaster oven.
The results have been good, getting better certainly. Baking, making, and handling bread, from start to finish is enjoyable. I love the soft texture of the kneaded dough, the smell, and I think putting my hands in a big bag of flour is therapeutic, there isn't anything with a softer texture than finely ground flour.
たのしいだよ。

Also, most recently I have have faced one of the biggest challenges in my life. As it turned out, I couldn't hang in there, i hadn't the ability to hang in there until the end, which isn't so bad, since I have learned quite a bit, and I can say that I gave it me best effort stopping just short of my breaking point. This experience will certainly help guide me through future ventures and perhaps make me think deeply about what choices I make.

More on all the latest activities in the posts to come.
もっと日本語つかってみたい。
My Japanese level is at a very basic level.
でも、がんばります。

お花見 by day, by night

We were lucky to find time to view the delicate, radiant beauty of Sakura Cherry Blossoms, not once but twice. The first day we went to Inokashira Park. It was extremely busy, but the Sakura Blossoms were stunning, I'm glad we could see them. The second time, we had a nice, slow stroll alongside Meguro Gawa at night. This was really nice. It was Akiko's idea, to go to Inokashira Park and Meguro Gawa. Thanks Akiko, and thank you Sakura Trees.

Watership Down (Full Lenth Film)

I found this film that wanted to watch.  I'm glad :)