Stan and I are off to Wakayama prefecture tomorrow! We are staying at Urashima Hotel for 4 days. I can't wait! We have been so overly busy lately, that both of us are wild about the idea of laying in bed, swimming, soaking in cave onsens, watching downloaded TV shows, and playing video games. In other words, we can't wait to do a whole lot of nothing!
We love hanging out with our friends, but lately there have been so many goodbye and welcome parties, along with the Mie orientation, where we both worked. It's just been too much! Living in a very rural prefecture like Mie, where all the JETs are stretched out over a big distance, and a zero tolerance drinking and driving law means that going to a party often involves a lot of logistical planning, expensive cab rides and/or sleeping on people's floors. Sometimes going to a party turns into a big hassle!

Anyways, enough of that! We're off tomorrow, and I can't wait.

I got a great haircut yesterday. It's so great that my hair is singing "Hallelujah!"
You see, I hadn't had a hair cut in 9 months. It's not that I suddenly decided to grow my hair out to half way down my back, although that's what happened. I just kept putting it off, because I didn't want to spend the money. Let me tell you though, this haircut was money well spent! I felt cute and put together afterwards. I can't wait to go out with my hair doing something other than hanging in a ponytail!
I went to the salon with Molly, which was also fun. Molly seemed stressed out by the hairspray in her hair after the cut, but her hair looks great!
Yay, friends! Yay, good haircuts!