Merry Christmas!!! Merry christmas! CHristmas desu and what a wonderful day it is! it:s absolutely gorgeous outside, i:m good in a skirt and a sweater. the sun is shining, there are no crazy winds, and it:s CHIRSTMAS!!! tonite we are having a gorgeous potluck about which i:m tres excited!! last night we went out to Purinmia, seriously the best indian food in Iwaki. it was an awesome meal, three kinds of cuyrry, three kinds of nan bread, christmas cake, salad, and tandori chicken. plus some mango cocktails and some bubbly pink champagne. it was a very multicultural xmas as i sat around looking at everyone- an aussie, an irish, a brit-american, a japanese, a canadian, and three russian dudes that kept buying us champagne. it was such a wonderful time spent with friends. tonite:s dinner is going to be fabulous.

this week i:ve been running around like a chicken with my head cut off getting last minute holiday and travewl plans fixe dup and getting everything ready for hte year of the monkey. i kinda broke my toe, well, sprained it and so i:ve been doing more hobbling than anything. but it should be ok for all the travels next week. which brings me to my next point, i won:t be updayting until well into the new year because i:m going on vacation. but keep emailing me cuz i love reading them, esp when i:m away and there:s nothing to do on a train ride but play with my Ktai! i:ll email you some pictures of my travels during my stay in kyoto for sure.

i hope everyone has a merry merry white christmas and a wicked new year!