The good, the bad, and the reason I need to be 2 people...

First, the good. I am feeling much better. Casey and I were able to celebrate Valentine's day last night by going to Kobe and having some excellent Kobe beef! Wow was it delicious! (And expensive, but well worth it!) We had a lot of fun together and enjoyed a wonderful dinner. (The picture was taken in front of the Steak restaurant we went to last night. Oishi!)

The bad: Work is not going well. Things have taken a turn for the worst and now it appears that all of the efforts to put the applications for the REU program online are no longer going to work. Which leads me to the reason I need to be 2 people... because unfortunately I only have 3 weeks left here, but that means that it will be 3 weeks without being able to adaquately do my job. If nothing is available to me online as originally planned, then I am SOL. I won't be able to touch any of the applications until I get back to the US. I will not get into the frustrations this is causing, but you can imagine how torn I am right now- I would love to go back home and be able to do my job, but I also don't want to leave Japan. Hopefully everything will work out... I'm just pretty useless at the moment. (Sigh).

In other news, I am going to Kobe tomorrow to see Natsuki-san again. Friday we are giving the presentation to the 14 year olds about America. Saturday and Sunday we will be in Hiroshima. Monday I am learned to make Takoyaki. Wednesday I have class, and Thursday I'm going with Tomoko. Busy week! I'm glad to be feeling better finally, so I can enjoy it.
Guess that's all for now. I need to go to the store to get things for dinner tonight, and I'll let off some steam about work on the way there. Nothing like excercise to calm the nerves!

-Ashley