Pooh to You!

Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be know.

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.

Even Winnie the Pooh knows change is good. Change is good. Amen.



くまのプーさんの言葉２つです。日本語の訳は下手かもけど。。。

「たまに橋の一番下の横木で立って、下を見て、ゆっくり流れって行っている川を見たら、思いがけなく全ての事が分かって来る。」

「川はこの事をしっている：急がなくていい。そのうちに着くんだから。」

くまのプーさんも分かっている。変化がいい。変動あった方がいい。そう信じます。

Got Green and Pink Thumbs

Some of the commercial and church holidays I choose to avoid these days, but dyeing eggs is just too much fun! We tried to be neat, but both Lucy and I have pink, green, and blue stained fingers that will likely last through the weekend.

どう？かわいいでしょう？教会の祭り（キリストの復活際イースター）の習慣です。ゆで卵を食紅と酢で色を付ける。自分の子供頃で大好きだたから、なつかしかった。

Yatta!

Can't wait for you to be here, Daddy! Took this shot myself! Whatcha think?

Thinking positive thoughts!

Trying not to get too stressed thinking about Eiji's interview at the embassy today, Mother Nature made it easier. We spent most of the day doing Spring Cleaning in the garage and garden...and found signs of new life in the flower beds. Now, I am sitting and waiting for Eiji to email me or call me and say, "I'm good to go!"

金曜日から栄二が東京にいます。金曜日は東京の病院で健康診断と今日（月曜日）は大使館で最後の面接です。うまく行くなら、今日でアメリカに来てOK が出ます。今は連絡待ちです。一日は緊張しないように、「春の大掃除」をしてgarage(車庫)と庭の整理しました。先週の寒さはさっそく暖かくなって気持ちいい晴れた日になった。庭に小さいかわいい花を発見！今日の連絡も嬉しいnewsになるように。

Got our fingers crossed!

Today, Eiji left to for Tokyo to do the last two steps of his immigration procedures. First step, a physical and series of shots. The embassy has only a handful of "approved" hospitals where you can go to get an official physical. All these "approved" hospitals are at least an airplane flight away, and cost about $500 plus fees for any extra shots he needs. It doesn't help that he lost his childhood immunization records, so he had to get blood work done to see what vaccines are still in his system. We're guessing that the hospital bit will go smoothly on Friday, then he can play a bit in Tokyo on Saturday and Sunday, then go to the final interview and document presentation at the American Embassy Monday morning. He will turn in medical documents, police paperwork proving he hasn't committed any heinous crimes, and paperwork about our financial assets. If all goes well, he will finally get the OK to come! Got our fingers crossed!

Punk Party Girl

Punked up for a rock and roll birthday party today.

Oh, I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair!

今日Lucyの友達の誕生会。アメリダでは良くテーマの誕生会をする。今日はROCK STARのテーマのパーティので、この風になりました。

How do you catch Larry, and land a job?

With a kindergardener in the house, our imagination is always challenged. My six year old likes to pretend, and we can often be caught "playing" shop, playing day care, playing fashion show, playing school....etc. It gets tiring, but it does keep her imagination alive and vocabulary expanding. Teaching all the folklore and (sometimes commercial or borderline religious) stories in school doesn't/does help. We have spent the past week hearing the tales of mischievous Larry Leprechaun, who is apparently raiding their classroom during recesses to look for gold. So, our homework for the weekend is to make a trap for L.L. First of all, how big is a lerechaun? Lucy says, the size of a potato !?!? Help! How do you catch a spud-size tricky gold-hunter?

While I am seeking advice, I am also actively seeking job interview advice. In Japan, sincerely, resumes and interviews were formalities secondary to connections. So, who I knew, and who could get me the "in" to a school or organization was all that mattered much. Now, I am sweating the details of resumes and interviews, not knowing exactly what to expect. Any advice? What interview questions would you throw at a prospective teacher?

今週はLucyの学校でSt.Patrick's Day (3月17日）を学んでいる。元々アイルランドのChristianの伝説で、金を探している妖精みたいな小人が人間のいたずらをする伝説。学校で子供が昼休みに行っている間、この小人(名前はLarryらしい）が教室にいたずらをしに来ているらしい。だから、週末の宿題はLarry君のワナを作れないといけない。どのぐらい小さいと聞いたら、「じゃがいもぐらい」って。どのワナを作ればいい？皆さんはadviceがあるなら、教えてね。

Adviceと言えば、仕事探しadviceも欲しい。日本にいる時、私が運が良くて、ほとんどの仕事は人の紹介でゲットした。今は履歴書と面接の準備であせっている。こちらでコネが少ない私でどうやてアピールすればいい？Adviceがあるなら、どうもよろしくオネガイシマス。