I am (twenty) 7

So this is it, my first birthday spent in a different country. I woke up a little earlier than normal so I could ring my Mum as I opened my pressies. One of her parcels arrived on Wednesday. There's another on it's way too, along with one from Helen and one from Mark.

Still had to go to school today though I had no lessons, just preperation for next week. Tokuma-sensei was really sweet. She disappered during second period and returned with a birthday cake for me! She even had candles too! We each had a piece over coffee and I left the remainder of teh cake for the other teachers. At 12 noon, my supervisor took me to the bank to pay the rent on my garage. As we drove back, she said she was planning to buy a cake for me, but had seen that Tokuma had got their first. I was really touched.

Back at home now just before I leave for my birthday bash; beer, food, sake and Karaoke. I'll be celebrating with Erik, who had his birthday yesterday. We had a quiet celebration last night at the yakiniku place because Debs won't be able to make all of tonight's events because of the play. I was a cosy little affair, but tonight will be the main event. Bring it on!