Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

Guess what happened today (well, to be precise, it started last night).

Give up?

It snowed!!! Finally. This has put me in a great mood, though I have no idea why. The snow melts instantly when it hits the sidewalks/roads, but sticks to vegetation, leaving it quite pretty outside. It was quite the surprise when I opened my drapes this morning to see snow covering the trees that grow just outside my balcony.

When I got to school, Mr. Niwayama informed me that due to the cold, many students were staying at home (not that I would have noticed, seeing as I have no classes today). One has to wonder at the efficacy of teaching only a fraction of the students.

Last night, I had my first Japanese class with Hiromi. Hiromi lives close to my house, and I've worked out a language exchange with her (English for Japanese this time). I had to get directions to her house from Joe, but within 3 hours of getting her to draw me a map, I promptly lost it. So, I started wandering towards Hiromi's house, and this car drives right up to me and starts honking. Quite nice of her to come pick me up. Then I got to her place, and her mom had cooked dinner for us, and left it waiting (she wasn't there because she had left). It was quite delicious, and nice to have a home-cooked meal. Oh, and the Japanese lesson was quite useful as well, though her level of English is way more advanced than my Japanese.

Enough random rambling for now. Hope all is well.