Tokyo City News
Well, the weather is cold. I suppose I should expect that, being winter and all... it's still quite a shock to the system when you step out of the super-heated department stores or subway into the icy wind though. We had a taste of spring the other day 17 degrees, warm! sunny and glorious! We have suffered since then with freezing weather and even snow! Gambate spring!!


School News
Well, I can't give a vomit count or a wall / floor painting count... we seem to have passed that stage (thankfully!) I can, however say that our kids are awesome! We are practising every day for the school concert (March 17) and working hard on our Units of Inquiry. Most of the kids have been sick with one flu or another (seems to be much worse this year) they're all tired but they're still trying really hard.

Social News
Well, after my effort in Europe, I decided to give my liver a bit of a rest (it's still kinda angry with me)... however, it didn't last long cos I'm being led astry on a regular basis by the other people in my appartment building. (Not my fault Mummy, I swear!) We have drinks at the fountain each fortnight (The building is named Heights Fountain... for no apparent reason... it's only 3 stories tall... very little by Tokyo standards and there is definitely not a fountain anywhere near us!). I prefer to call it "Hump Day at the Fountain" because we hold it on a Wednesday night... Wednesday, being the middle of the working week is the "hump" once you get past Wednesday, it's all downhill to the weekend! People tend to give me strange looks when I invite them to "Hump Day" though... maybe I should just stick to calling it drinks??