BBQ TIME!

I can't believe it! Less than four more weeks in Japan and then I'll be back in the U.S. Geeez, I know I've said this before, but it truly does feel like I just got off the plane. I remember sitting next to this guy from Hawaii who seems to have sipped a few too many pina coladas in his day...

Well, I'm sure you all know by my previous post that I've bought my ticket back home... I guess that's the point when it really hit me that I'm coming back because now I have a firm date and now I'm just counting down the days. Before you know it, I'm going to be back... But until then, it seems like the rest of this month is going to be me saying farewell to everyone who made my time in Japan so enjoyable.

I've already started saying goodbye to many people and as you can imagine that can be difficult. I don't think it's so bad saying goodbye as much as it is the fact you don't know when you're going to see them again. Thus, like a true Japanese person, I've been taking a lot of pictures of everything.

This past weekend was one of those occasions. On Sunday, a group of friends and I got together to do a BBQ on the Sagami River (which is not far from where I live). It turned out to be a great day with incredible food. We really lucked out too because for the past week it had been raining, but the day of the BBQ was great -- actually, I ended up getting sunburnt!

Next weekend should be more of the same as I'm going to see Sueko-obasan and Yaiko-obasan probably for the last time before I got back to the U.S. I'm really excited to go see them as they are some of my favorite people. They're always laughing, joking, and just in general, are a lot of fun to be around. Of course, as always, it will be a well documented event, so expect pictures!

Well, that's it for now, folks! Hope you're doin' well.