Quick update

High school graduation was on March 1st, my last as an ALT at this school.  I was surprisingly unsentimental, in part because I will still be able to go to the ceremony next year as I'll be living in the same town.  These are all my favorite tennis team girls who taught me how to play tennis a few years ago.  They are so sweet, I can't believe they are graduated!  They all looked so grown-up in their fancy kimono that I hardly recognized them.

The ume blossoms are in bloom!  That means winter is out and spring is here.  No more boiling hot water to stay warm at night.  But my favorite thing about this season?  Ichigo daifuku.  I can't eat one without thinking of you, Marina!

Unfortunately this season means moving for me this year.  I'm in the middle of packing up everything I own (thank God it is just a move down the street or I would really be freaking out).  Better get back to that!