A Day Of Firsts

This afternoon I saw my first apartment, with the help of Keiko, the Kyoto studio manager. It is a very reasonable size for me, low cost, and located in a great little neighborhood with easy access to the Hankyuu train to Osaka. I asked Tim to check out the info on it, and he said it looks like a great deal. Tomorrow I will try to touch base with Keiko, and put in my bid for it.

I also took a break from my usual pulsation of study, practice, email, and blog to watch the first two episodes of the TV show House. It was very entertaining, and allowed my brain a brief respite from all of the information I have been processing. Before watching it I decided to take a quick ride down to the YaMaYa, a fancy food store in the Qanat, a huge underground food and sundries mall. I had a craving for a large bag of Garden of Eatin’ blue tortilla chips, and polished off the whole bag, along with a generous salad and a cup of chai, while viewing House.

Ippai (“full”) in my head. Ippai in my belly. Ippai in my heart.

Tomorrow, the next round of classes begins, and I hope to iron out the last few glitches in my script on the train ride in. Ganbatte!