Well, I’m now back in Japan. After a 14 hour trip that, coincidently, had me on the same plane as a friend of mine. I arrived back in Tokyo and got myself a bullet train up to the frozen north of Iwate. It’s amazing how the weather goes from warm and raining, to cold and blizzardy all in the space of 400km. Within a day of returning, I was back at work and back to routine. My trusty kerosene heater decided it didn’t want to work, and is now in the shop, leaving me chilled to the bone.
I’m not sure what it is about 2007 that already has me in a bit of a funk. It could be the rather cold reception I got when I came back(Oh! you’re back. Whoop de doo), or possibly the army of friends and acquaintances I know that seem to have found true love in the last six months. I always know about how happy they are, because they never stop reminding me. This wouldn’t bother me so much if it weren’t for the fact that I can’t seem to locate a woman that shares anything in common with me. I have been in three rocky relationships in the last three years, and I have spelunked my way out of them. I do want to relax a little and enjoy my freedom, but, as some of my younger friends remind me, “Wow, you’re 30? Why don’t you have like three kids by now?” It’s hard to shake that artificial pressure that at this age that I need to be with someone. But I’ll do my best to fight it.
I think I’ll just chalk it up to SAD again this year and try to move on with my life. There should be plenty of interesting things to blog about here in Iwate. Overall, I’m sure I’m just a little tired from a long flight across the pacific. I really enjoyed my trip back to Edmonton, and I can take away a lot of positive memories from it. I also took some great pictures and will be sharing them with all of you as well. So here is a preemptive “cheers” to 2007!
January sucks monkey tits. It’s been blowing 50km/hr winds since new years’ and I hate hate hate hate hate it.
They start New Years off in the worst way sometimes for single people.
While I hate to let society dictate how I feel and what I want, sometimes it’s real hard not to listen to it while it’s whispering in your ears. I have friends that have caved in to the pressure and married the first person that they could tolerate because they were afraid of getting old and staying single (and, of course, hearing they’re Grandmother ask them one more time why they’re still single). Six months later they’re fighting with the spouse every day and miserable. So while society may not think that being single is what we should be doing, I’d much rather be doing that than dealing with something I’m not really committed to.
Besides I try not to think of the downfalls to being single, but rather the bonuses of the lifestyle. I do what I want, when I want. I can sleep all day and do nothing if I want, and I never have to ‘check in’ with someone. I can go to every basketball game I want to because my life committments are only those that I both pick and want to do. So, it’s not so bad after all… :o)
Anyway you probably already think of that yourself, but it’s always nice to read that someone runs the same ideas through their head as I do. Society is almost as bad as the pressure we had in high school to do drugs and get crazy .. in fact it may be worse. But I never caved then and I’m not about to start now :o)
Hope you’re having a nice New Year!
Christina
haw haw!
I am in the socialist paradise of Vancouver and the weather here is fantastic.
I am smug.