Sorry, I take that back

Keiko was right. At around 2.30pm, while I was talking to Ikarashi-sensei about tomorrow's lesson, the sleet turned into snow. Soon after, the temperature dropped and it started to lay. By the time I left, my car was covered in two inches of snow. Not a lot, but it got me excited. The drive home was not as bad as I expected. Visability was fine once I cleared the snow from my windscreen and the roads were clear because of an ingenious system the Japanese have. They have a series of tiny sprinklers set in all the major roads. When snow is forcast, the sprinklers are turned on and tepid water starts to flow across the roads, so any snow that lands imelts immediatley, and because the water is moving, it doesn't freeze. Ingenious; anti-freeze made out of ordinary water. So instead of driving in snowy, icey conditions, I was driving in wet conditions.

The snow gradually became less and less as I got towards Tokamachi and I found it was still sleeting rather than snowing. When I got to my flat I found a note from the post office telling me they had a parcel from 'M.A. McCloud', so all my pressies have arrived! I'll pick it up tomorrow.

Right, time to cook my first japanese meal; ton katsu don. I found the recipe in the book Mineki sensei gave to me last week. The home economics teacher bought me a ????, a special japanese frying pan used to cook don rice dishes so I'm going to use it tonight. Then I'll spend the night sorting photos I think. I have a two months backlog since the earthquake so I best get it sorted.