Look I'm not being a downer!
I realize that I have been whining a lot so I wanted to make a list of things that made me happy lately.

1. I managed to back into a parking spot on Sunday. I’ve never done it and I did it on the first try!
2. I found some good books to send home as birthday presents.
3. I bought some books to give to people when I move.
4. I heard some hilarious stories from Annie yesterday while we ate yummy curry.
5. I had strawberry yumminess on Friday.
6. I am making more and more progress on cleaning and sorting. It’s not a lot that people can se but I am making progress.
7. It is slowly getting warmer outside.
8. I got a farewell present already. One of my students gave me a really nice obi. I was shocked and delighted and shocked.
9. I bought a set of kanji study cards finally.
10. I got some orange cookies from Kagoshima as omiyage from a student last Wednesday. They’re really good.
11. One of my students brought me kudzu tea to try. I was very hesitant at first, but it wasn’t bad. Georgia totally needs to start exporting that stuff.
12. I mailed some things to some friends yesterday.
13. I know what I am going to teach the little kids. Let’s just hope that it works....